Benue state government has constituted three committees to tackle the problem of pension payments, judgment debts and garnishee orders on government accounts by some pensioners being owed by the previous administration.
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Sen. Eze Ajoku, President, Coalition of Societies for the Rights of Older Persons in Nigeria (COSROPIN), says the refusal of government at all levels to pay pensions to senior citizens and retirees amounts to financial abuse of older persons.
ASHENEWS reports that the Governor of Kebbi State, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu has approved the sum of N3.9 billion for payment of gratuities and pensions to civil servants in the state.
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has disassociated itself from the activities of the Association of Pension Desk Practitioners of Nigeria (ASSOPEP).