APNU backs legal action against NIS over $8,098 shortfall

(Kaieteur News) – A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has thrown its support behind a court action by attorney Christopher Ram, a pensioner and three trade unions against the National Insurance Board (NIB), seeking to compel the payment of minimum old-age pensions at the rate prescribed by law and recover arrears allegedly owed since 2021.

The application for judicial review was filed on Friday by Ram, pensioner Kalicharan Heera, the Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers, the United Minibus Union and the Guyana Market Vendors Union.

In a statement on Tuesday, APNU said at a time when the high cost of living continues to burden households, pensioners must receive every dollar to which they are legally entitled. It also said that it considers the legal action an important step in defending the rights, dignity and economic security of Guyana’s senior citizens.