Former federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has expressed concern about the recent protest by retired military personnel over unpaid pensions and other outstanding entitlements.

Sani said the development sends a bad signal to those in active service and on the frontlines sacrificing their lives for the security and peace of the country.

DAILY POST reported that retired military personnel on Wednesday protested over the non-payment of their pensions and other outstanding entitlements in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The ex-servicemen who disrupted activities at the Federal Ministry of Finance at the Federal Secretariat with music displayed banners carrying different inscriptions.

Among other demands by the retired military officers are the non-payment of the 28% increment since January and the three-month palliative and N32,000 flat rate added to them since July.

Commenting about the matter, Sani, in a post on his X handle on Thursday, lamented that people who risked their lives for the nations now have to raise placards for their pensions.

He said: “The protest by ex-servicemen in Abuja over an unpaid pension sends a bad signal to those in active service and on the frontlines sacrificing their lives for the security and peace of our country. How can people who risked their lives for us now have to raise placards for their pensions?”

Unpaid pension: Ex-servicemen’s protest sends bad signal – Shehu Sani