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Nasarawa Approves N1bn For Gratuity Payments

POSTED ON April 29, 2024 •   Local News      BY Benedicta Bassey
Governor of Nasarawa state, Abdullahi Sule/Photo Credit: Channeltv

In a bid to reduce the hardship by some retirees in the state, the Nasarawa State government has approved N1billion for payment of gratuities to over 1,000 retirees in the state.

Governor Abdullahi Sule announced this during   an   unscheduled visit to the State Bureau for Pension Administrations.

According to   Governor Sule,   “the one billion naira would be used to   clear the   backlog of   gratuities owed   both the State and Local Government   retirees   from 1999 to 2010.”

“The Present administration  under my watch   has been working relentlessly to ensure that both   the Local and State pensioners are paid   one hundred per cent of the pension, with the pensioners already receiving   their February pension”,   Sule stated.

The Director -General of the State's Pension Bureau, Suleiman  Nagogo, explained why retirees were being paid only  N100, 000 monthly in the past as gratuity.

“Please recall that payment of this gratuity is being done every quarter which means that we gather the amount we have to receive in three months and announce to the people to come and collect their gratuity.”

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