{"id":66253,"date":"2022-11-03T17:08:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T16:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=66253"},"modified":"2022-11-03T17:08:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T16:08:21","slug":"niger-govt-releases-n1billion-to-begin-payment-of-pension-gratuity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/niger-govt-releases-n1billion-to-begin-payment-of-pension-gratuity\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger Govt Releases N1Billion To Begin Payment Of Pension Gratuity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olabode Adaramola<\/p>\n

Niger State Government has begun\u00a0 the payment of N1 billion\u00a0 gratuities to 178 pensioners out of about 15,000 beneficiaries to the sum of N14 billion owed the state and local governments\u00a0 retirees.<\/p>\n

Director General, State Pension Board, Alhaji Nasiru Saidu Namaska made this known while addressing journalists during the official Flagg-off of gratuity payment ion Thursday n Minna, saying,\u00a0 “no pensioner will be paid without being thoroughly screened”.<\/p>\n

Namaska said any pensioner who failed to present all the valid documents\u00a0 as required will automatically rule himself\/ herself\u00a0 out of the exercise in line with accountability,\u00a0 \u00a0transparent and\u00a0 honesty modalities being put in place by the Board in conjunction with the state government.<\/p>\n

He explained that the N500 million each is being\u00a0 earmarked for both state and local government pensioners for the disbursement to the retirees to the sum of N1billion, noting that the local government will start their payment very soon .<\/p>

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According to him Niger state government is indebted to the tune of N14 billion\u00a0 retirement benefits and assured that the state government is not relenting in settling such debt hence would sustained the payment in batches.<\/p>\n

Namaska further hinted that the state government is owing N2billion\u00a0 death gratuities in addition to one point three billion naira augmentation for pensioners that moved from old to the new pension scheme as well as N3 billion for monthly pension.<\/p>\n

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