Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has made the timely payment of pension liabilities to the state’s thousands of retirees, a top priority of his government. This is despite a backlog of unpaid pensions, benefits and gratuities that was left behind by previous the government. According to the Nigeria Union of Pensioners in Kano, the…

The Kaduna State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed into Law a bill to provide for Social Security Scheme, which enables retirees access to 25 per cent of their retirement entitlement. The bill, which was sponsored by Ali Kalat, a member representing Jema’a Constituency, was passed into law after the Chairman, Joint Special Duties and…

Some retired federal civil servants in Kaduna, Kano, and Katsina states have decried the non-payment of their retirement benefits. The disappointed retired workers said that the situation was unbearable given the harsh economic circumstances in the country. A survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the civil servants who retired in…

Retirees in Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu States have urged the Federal Government to address and remove all the bottlenecks delaying payment of pensions to retired civil servants in the country. They made the call separately in a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) survey on ways of improving pension payments. NAN reports that in 2004, the…

The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has frowned at the poor state of public sector retirees who get paid a pittance monthly pension.

The Oyo State Government has said that it has commenced the payment of gratuity benefits to retirees via the digital platform. The Oyo State Commissioner for Establishments and Training, Hon. Olusegun Olayiwola, disclosed this during a three-day symbolic data capturing and e-payment exercise for retirees at the Nigeria Union of Pensioners’ Building in Agbarigo, Onireke,…

The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), on Sunday, said some retirees are still receiving N500 as monthly pension in the country. Alhassan Musa, the Secretary of the union in Kaduna State, in an interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), described the condition of the returnees as “pathetic”. He said that most of the…

In fulfillment of his campaign promise, Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has authorised the immediate release of ₦1.4 billion for further payment of gratuities. The breakdown of the payment is as follows: ₦900 million for retired state civil servants and ₦500 million for retired primary school teachers. The release of the additional ₦1.4…

The Zamfara State government has verified 3,079 retirees in an effort to pay the backlog of gratuities owed by previous administrations. Retired state and local government workers had not received their gratuities since 2011, according to a statement by Governor Dauda Lawal’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris. He said that a total of 1746 pensioners from…

The Zamfara State government has begun delivering on its promise to retirees, initiating the payment of a staggering N13.4 billion in outstanding gratuities. This significant move aims to alleviate the financial burdens faced by former civil servants who have long awaited their rightful due. Governor Dauda Lawal established a dedicated committee to meticulously verify and…