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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.”
