As part of its effort to bring succour to pensioners under its jurisdiction, the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, (PTAD) has put on its payroll and paid the pension arrears of 4,438 qualified pensioners who were verified late 2015 in the North West and South East Zones of the country.
PTAD had in November 2015 carried out the verification and biometric capture of civil service pensioners in both zones. At the end of the exercise a total of 28, 352 pensioners were verified. Of this number, over 11,000 were either found not to be enjoying their monthly pension or had filed a complaint at one time or the other on some outstanding pension benefits.
After necessary computations and further checks by government auditors, the management of PTAD this November approved the payment of the pension arrears of 4,438 pensioners who have been completely omitted from monthly pension and have endured long years of neglect and suffering.
With the recent appointment of Sharon Ikeazor, as the Executive Secretary of the Pension Agency, the verification exercisewhich had stalled since December 2015 has now resumed in the North East states of Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe and Taraba.
An estimated 6,000 pensioners are expected to be verified in the four centres in Yola, Bauchi, Gombe and Jalingo before 6th December 2016 when the exercise is due to draw to a close in the zone
