Views: Visits 17 …says affected pensioners to be paid arrears from 2019 By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar Pensioners will now enjoy the increase in payment of their pension under the defined Pension scheme following the increment in the minimum wage to 30,000 approved since April 18, 2019. Vanguard learned that the approval took effect from April 29, 2021, following the approval by President Muhammadu Buhari but would capture all pensioners from April 18, 2019, since the 30,000 naira minimum wage was signed into law. The Acting Chairman, National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, Ekpo Nta Esq, made the revelation on Friday in Calabar while briefing newsmen on the development. Nta disclosed that the increase in the payment of the pension took effect immediately adding it would capture persons from April 18, 2019, when the minimum wage was signed into law.