Tag: Pension
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I will pay workers’ salaries, pension arrears before 2018 – Kogi Gov, Bello
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi says he will pay all salary arrears of civil servants cleared and the pension arrears of retirees before the end of 2017. Bello also said that he would commence prompt payment of salaries of workers in the state public service from January 2018. He made the promise on Saturday at…
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From Maikanti To Maina: What Next? – Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene It’s one of the ironies of the times that those getting the worst deal from retirement savings are the most vulnerable, the people that the scheme is supposed to help. Stories about pensioners dying in long, waiting lines have moved from front pages to obscure spots, yet we’re often confronted with news of…
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EFCC says reabsorbed ex-pension team boss, Maina still on wanted list
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says a former Chairman of Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, is still on its wanted list for his alleged role in pensions biometric scam in the office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation to the tune of N2bn. This is despite reports that Maina had…
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Atiku lauds Buhari over payment of pension for Biafra police
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has praised President Muhammadu Buhari for approving the payment of pension to police personnel who served under the Biafran police during the civil war. The Biafra Police officers were granted presidential pardon in 2000. In a post on his Twitter page, Atiku said Buhari’s move shows a commitment to peace…
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Buhari okays payment of pension to retired Biafran police officers
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved payment of pension to police officers who served in the defunct Biafran Police during the 30 months Civil War. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the officers had earlier been granted presidential pardon in 2000 by the then President Olusegun Obasanjo. Succour has come the way of police officers who served in…
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Accrued pension debt: LASG approves N711m for 287 retirees in September
The Lagos State Government has disbursed the sum of N711 million as pension payments for the month of September. The Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC) in a statement on Monday by its Head of Public Affairs Unit, Mrs Basirat Lawal, said the N711 million was released to pay 287 retirees for that month. LASPEC said…
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Saraki has returned pensions collected as ex-gov – Kwara Govt
The Kwara State Government has said the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has returned all the pensions he collected so far as a former two-term governor of the state. The Secretary to the Kwara State Government, Alhaji Isiaka Gold, in a statement on Wednesday said the attention of the state government had been drawn to issues…
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Alleged double pay: Return pension, Abuja house, received since 2007, Falana tells Saraki
Sequel to a statement credited to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki that he no longer receive pension as former governor of Kwara State, human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana (SAN) on Sunday urged Saraki to refund pensions and other valuables he received since 2007 that he left office. Falana said it will still…
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N40bn double pay: SERAP welcomes Saraki’s move to stop receiving pensions
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has welcomed Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki’s move to “stop receiving pensions from Kwara state, where he was the governor between 2003 and 2011, and urges him to join us in the campaign to end the unjust, unfair and discriminatory practice of providing life pensions to former governors and…
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Double pay: Saraki replies SERAP, says ‘I have stopped receiving pension as ex-Kwara Governor’
…urges other former governors in the Senate to follow suit The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, said he had stopped collecting pension in Kwara as a former governor of the state. The Senate President revealed this at a forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He insisted that he had…