The Enugu State Authorities has introduced that it has commenced fee of pensions to native authorities retirees.
A press release on Sunday by the Secretary to the State Authorities, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, stated over 7,000 eligible pensioners have obtained their funds following an intensive biometric verification course of.
Onyia stated that the verification train carried out by the Native Authorities Pensioners Biometric Verification Committee recognized and eradicated 2,640 ghost and deceased pensioners who had been nonetheless receiving funds.
“This transfer is a part of the administration’s efforts to clear excellent pensions and gratuities inherited from earlier governments, guaranteeing that respectable retirees obtain their deserved advantages.
“Recall that Governor Peter Mbah had earlier promised that his administration was poised to eradicate poverty within the state by clearing the inherited backlog of pensions and different liabilities and likewise sustain with its present fiscal duty to the residents, amongst different measures. This may enhance our folks’s lifestyle, elevate buying energy and promote sturdy and sustainable financial progress within the state,” the assertion stated.
He added {that a} whole of 7109 native authorities pensioners obtained month-to-month funds of near half a billion naira in July, together with 989 newly captured entrants who retired between April 2022 and April 2024 however weren’t accommodated within the pension scheme.
The SSG, who frowned on the degree of fraud within the pensions system, stated the document offered by the Native Authorities Pensions Board indicated that the state had been paying over 8760 native authorities retirees as of April 2024 towards the 7109 verified pensioners.
Reiterating the state authorities’s dedication to clear all arrears, Onyia careworn that the fee mode adopted by the state would assure that backlogs had been phased out inside the timeline set out by the federal government.
“This administration will proceed to help our residents, notably our senior residents who devoted their time and power to serving the state. We’ll quickly section out all arrears inherited by the administration.
“We’re reforming the pensions system by way of sturdy institutional insurance policies that will make it tough for corrupt components to search out their manner into the scheme. Now we have been capable of digitalize the establishment with measures that will make each transaction and fee clear, accountable and traceable,” the assertion added.
