The Federal Government has paid N18 billion in outstanding severance benefits to 2,100 former Nigeria Airways workers, according to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele. Oyedele disclosed this while briefing journalists in Abuja, stating that another 600 beneficiaries would receive their payments in the coming days. The payments covered beneficiaries in batches one to seven, while those in batches eight and nine had been finalised for payment. The total payment will cover 2,700 former workers of the defunct national carrier, some of whom died while waiting for their entitlements.
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