“If it was from the government,we requested from you to kindly produce the circular that disqualified us from receiving pensions from BCOS from August 2026.”
The National Union of Pensioners (NUP), Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS) Chapter, has raised concerns over the continued non-payment of pensions to retired employees of the corporation, alleging that more than 300 pensioners have been removed from the payroll and have gone without their entitlements for three months.
In an open letter addressed to the BCOS Chairman, the union’s Secretary and Public Relations Officer, Comrade Biodun Ipadeola, questioned the circumstances surrounding the alleged removal of the retirees’ names and demanded clarification on whether the decision was based on a directive from the Oyo State Government.
Ipadeola also expressed dissatisfaction with what he described as the management’s failure to respond to questions previously submitted on the matter.
He maintained that the pensioners deserved an immediate explanation and called for the payment of all outstanding entitlements without further delay.
Below is the full text of the open letter.
OPEN LETTER TO BCOS CHAIRMAN.
Dear Ma,
Good day to you madam.
On behalf of the BCOS NUP as the Secretary/Public Relations Officer,
I forwarded some questions to you three days ago ma.
Up now,you are yet to respond madam.
The questions are about how over three hundred retiree names are removed from the BCOS payroll, resulting in non payment of pensions for three months.
We demanded to know if that directive was from the government.
If it was from the government,we requested from you to kindly produce the circular that disqualified us from receiving pensions from BCOS from August 2026.
Ma,you are yet to respond..but we believe you must have read our request on this platform being a regular user.
Madam,we want to put it to you that the government of Oyo State is a responsible one.
It has been discharging its responsibilities to workers and pensioners since assumption of office.
We also want to put it to you that Oyo State government,
under his Excellency,
Governor Seyi Makinde is NOT responsible for the predicament BCOS pensioners are passing through currently.
YOU ARE OUR PROBLEM.
The 60million naira monthly subvention and the 20m monthly IGR should be enough to pay workers and pensioners' entitlements.
Your management started having problems with the payment of salaries and pensions in June 2026 when you started constructions of four/five projects within the premises of the BCOS.
Madam,we are putting it to you that you have been using the monthly subventions meant for the payment of salaries and pensions in funding those projects.
This has resulted in zigzag salary payments to workers and no payments at all to pensioners..
Madam,we don't have much to say,please and please,we want the payment of our three month pensions without further delay and no room for payment by installments!
Thank you.
Biodun Ipadeola.
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