At the head of a group of pensioners protesting the failure of the Niger State government to pay their gratuities and pension was a blind man. Ladan Bello, 65, was a former biology teacher who retired in 2018 as a deputy director in the state’s Ministry of Education.
When Mr Bello retired, he had his sight intact. But barely one year after his retirement, glaucoma struck and took away his vision. He said he lost his sight suddenly and without warning.
“I shouted. I was in the midst of my family. I didn’t know what was happening. Everything just went black. I couldn’t see anyone; I couldn’t see anything,” he said.
