Over 200 newly retired Local Government staff and Primary School Teachers get patrolled today
Thursday, 30th of June, 2022. at quadrangle Lobby of the water building, Secretariat the exercise was kicked off with prayer and songs of praises In honour of Almighty God and the present Administration led by Engr.Seyi Makinde.
In attendance were the Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Lukman Muraina,Director of
Finance, Alhaji Kunle Salami,Director of Admin and General Services Mr Fashola The Internal Auditor Mrs Olanrewaju Jibola and other staff members of the pensions board.
The newly retired Officers were giving the tips to conduct some of the things required of them which would reduce the stress the pensioners would have to go through .The pensioners’scooperation with the pension Board staff were sought for to ensure fast and hassle-free processing of files.
The. Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Lukman Akinola Muraina also urged the senior citizens to make any direct to. The bank themselves instead of getting any agent involved to avoid being scammed He further advised them not to delegate payment of any fee to anyone claiming to be in a position to handle such, as it could be fraudulent. He assured them that due process is in place for the prompt processing of their files and no one will stress them before they get their entitlements.
Questions session came up next. A pensioner mentioned delay in getting his monthly pension due to the bank he uses. He advised that the board ask them to start using the same bank if that would ensure that they get their monthly dues faster. Another pensioner from Ibadan south-west asked about the plan for pensioners who are owed arrears because they didnât start getting
pension until over a year after retirement. She also wanted to know how far the process for payment of gratuity for 2016 retirees had gone. The permanent secretary informed her that the union has written to the Governor and the Governor has approved work related to resolving that.
After all issues and questions had been addressed, the meeting came to an end.