Mr Emmanuel Aiyeoribe, a former NLC chairman in Kwara, has appealed to the Federal Government to pay attention to the plight of pensioners in the country.

Aiyeoribe, who was reacting to the recent nationwide picketing of NIPOST offices, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that government must give priority to the welfare of pensioners in the three tiers of government..

"It is regrettable and worrisome that our senior citizens are treated as if they did not contribute to the economy of the country while in active service.

" For the pensioners to picket all NIPOST offices nationwide shows that they had been pushed to the wall," he said.

"The Federal Government should as a matter of urgency in 2013 find a permanent solution to the plight of pensioners at the federal, state and local government levels."

"Pensioners of the three tiers of government face the same plight as evident in the demonstrations witnessed in states and local government areas of the country," he said.

He appealed to government to give priority to workers' welfare this year, saying this would boost productivity.