The Ebonyi Government has released the sum of N1.5 billion to settle
arrears of pension and gratuities owed state and local government
retirees from 2006 to 2017, a top government official has said.
Mr Samuel Okoronkwo, the state Commissioner for Local Government and
Chieftaincy Matters, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency
of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abakaliki.
Mr.Okoronkwo said that government accorded the welfare of retired
workers of the state top priority and as such, would ensure that
retirees’ benefits were paid regularly as a way of enhancing their
living standard.
He enjoined the local government pensioners to participate in the
ongoing bio-metric verification designed to capture genuine pensioners
and eliminate fictitious names from the pay voucher.
“The state government is aware of the plight of retired civil
servants, especially in the face of present economic hardship and is
committed to enhancing their welfare through prompt payment of pensions.
“The government is giving top priority to the payment of retired
workers and has released N1.5 billion to pay arrears of pensions and
gratuities owed to Ebonyi pensioners between 2006 and 2017.
“No responsible government can afford to toy with the benefits of
pensioners who had laboured and spent their active lives rendering
service to the state.
“They are our senior citizens who deserve to be respected and cared
for by government; and the state government has remained committed to
improving the welfare of these celebrated heroes.”
He gave an assurance the payment would commence immediately after the
conclusion of the verification and that only those captured would be
paid.
(NAN)
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