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By: Okosun Dennis
The Military Pensions Board (MPB) has distance itself from publications making the rounds that it has fixed a date for the verification of military pensioners across the country.
“Although, the Board is working towards conducting a verification exercise of military pensioners on its payroll in the near future, no date has been fixed yet for the exercise.
In a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer,
Military Pensions Board, Flight Lieutenant Olayinka Lawal denied in Abuja on Monday that the board had fixed a date as reported in “one of our national dailies and in the social media informing military retirees and the general public of the commencement of a verification exercise from November 26 to December 9 for military retirees.
“The MPB wishes to inform our esteemed pensioners to disregard the said publication in its entirety.
He further explained that “For clarification purposes, the MPB would like to inform that the purported story was lifted from the website of a popular newspaper which was published 3 years back during the preparation for the 2017 verification exercise.
Flt Lt Lawal, therefore, called on military pensioners to remain calm as the Board would adequately inform them whenever the exercise is to commence.
He advised all military pensioners to always rely on established official means of communication provided by the Board to source their information.
In addition, he admonished Pensioners to call the Board on 09087447782 or 09087994694 or send an email to info@mpb.ng in order to confirm any issue that concerns them.
