Kwara State governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has reiterated his administration’s dedication to selling the welfare of pensioners within the state, promising to contemplate their requests for a car and a everlasting secretariat for his or her union.
The governor gave the peace of mind on Wednesday whereas enjoying host to the management of the state department of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) at Ahmadu Bello House in Ilorin.
AbdulRazaq stated he would work with the Head of Service to safe a everlasting location for the union and handle the difficulty of lease it at present pays.
“What you got earlier than was a certificates of non permanent occupancy. They didn’t provide you with precise allocation, which meant that you just had been there quickly and on the will of the federal government, they might transfer you. That’s why it was referred to as CTO.
“Having said that, I’ll work with the Head of Service to make sure we find you a permanent place and we’ll sort out the issue of the rents you are currently paying. On the issue of the bus, we’ll sort that one out,” the governor stated.
The assembly was attended by the Acting Head of Service, Dr Mercy Shittu; Senior Adviser and Counsellor, Alhaji Saadu Salahu; Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Labour Matters, Alhaji Abdulmumeen Onagun; and Special Adviser on Political Matters, Hon. Suleiman Abubakar.
The Commissioner for Finance, Dr Hauwa Nuru, stated the state authorities was updated with pension funds, stressing that no pensioner within the state was being owed.
She additionally stated the federal government had continued to make regular provisions for the cost of gratuities.
Nuru clarified, nevertheless, that pensioners who had not acquired their pensions for the interval between 2015 and 2018 had but to take action as a result of they didn’t current themselves for verification.
“I will like to clarify that for those that have not received their pension between the period of 2015 and 2018 is because they didn’t come for verification,” she stated.
Earlier, the state chairman of the NUP, Comrade Mahmud Oladimeji Saidu, recommended the governor for prioritising the welfare of pensioners for the reason that inception of his administration, notably by way of the immediate cost of their pensions.
Saidu recalled that when AbdulRazaq assumed workplace, pensioners had been receiving solely parts of their salaries and pensions, with funds ranging between 25 and 50 per cent.
“Let me remind you, sir. When you came in, you met us with amputated salary, pensions (with payment of) 25 per cent, 50 per cent, and so on and so forth. When you came in, and we cried to you, you rescued us. You paid us all the outstanding amputated salaries running into more than four billions,” Saidu stated.
He additional defined that, earlier than the present administration, pensioners acquired their funds across the second month, however that since May 2019, when AbdulRazaq took workplace, that they had been receiving their pensions on or earlier than the twenty fifth of each month.
“You are not owing us any kobo. More grace to your elbow. Long life and prosperity,” Saidu stated.
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