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Uba Sani okays N3.8b pensioners’ gratuities

By Breezynews

Posted on 9 April 2025

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Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has directed the release of N3.8 billion to the Kaduna State Pension Bureau to settle gratuities, death benefits, and accrued rights under the Contributory Pension Scheme.

This was contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Malam Ibraheem Musa.

According to the statement, the decision to release the money was made on compassionate grounds, following appeals from pensioners and families of deceased civil servants.

The pensioners complained that the ongoing verification exercise impacted negatively on their living conditions.

The statement read, ‘We are committed to the welfare of our pensioners, who have devoted their lives to the service of Kaduna State.

‘We must give them all the needed support to make them happy in retirement’.

According to the governor, the verification exercise aimed to eliminate ‘ghost’ pensioners from the payroll for the seamless and uninterrupted payment of monthly pensions.

‘The verification exercise is aimed at weeding out ‘ghost’ pensioners from the payroll to curtail the frittering away of the state’s meagre resources.

‘However, we are also mindful of the plight of our genuine pensioners, which is why we have ordered the immediate payment of their gratuities, death benefits, and accrued rights’, the statement added.

The PUNCH reports that since taking office in May 2023, Sani has paid a total of N6.6 billion in gratuities, death benefits, and accrued rights.

‘We are committed to the welfare of our pensioners, and we will continue to work tirelessly to ensure that they receive their entitlements without any hassle’, the governor said.

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