An elderly NIS pensioner approached me, recently, for an explanation as to why the government has not increased NIS pensions above the minimum. The NIS pensioner currently gets a pension of about $52,000 per month, the same amount that he was getting in 2020, the year when the last increase in pension was effected. Since I was not in a position to give him a satisfactory answer, I have decided to highlight this matter through this letter, in the hope that it generates immediate action by the concerned Minister(s).

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