The Southwest zone of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has said that the May 29 handover date from President Muhammadu Buhari to the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, remained sacrosanct.

It warned those pushing for the postponement of the handover date or an interim administration not to plunge the country into a constitutional crisis.

The Southwest pensioners appealed to Tinubu to come up with policies that would improve their living standard, as demonstrated by outgoing President, Muhammadu Buhari.

Speaking after its zonal meeting in Akure, spokesman of the union, Comrade Olusegun Abatan, said the judiciary should be allowed to properly do justice to the election petitions before it.

Abatan said pensioners enjoyed good welfare packages enjoyed under President Buhari.

He said, “Of all presidents produced in Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has been the most pensioners’ friendly in terms of addressing our issues and keeping to the constitutional provision that anytime workers’ salaries are increased, pension is also increased, we thank him for that.

“We are also using this opportunity to appeal to the incoming President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to please take the steps that will make him pensioners’ friendly president also, and improve on what President Buhari has done for us.

“We want him to be good to pensioners as he takes the mantle of leadership of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on May 29,” he said.

On the handover date debate, the NUP Spokesman appealed to those speaking against May 29 for Tinubu to take over to exercise restraint.

“We also want to appeal to those they are going about, threatening that heavens will fall on May 29 if Asiwaju Tinubu is being sworn in as the president of Nigeria, anybody that has any problem about the last election should go to the court.

“NUP, Southwest zone will not favour the disruption of government by any other means apart from a legal judicial processes,” Abatan said. (The Nation)

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