By James Moses (9News Nigeria -Jos)
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has approved the disbursements of N1biliion to clear the outstanding of gratuity of both local and state government retirees from 1999 to 2010 numbering over 1000.
Governor Sule announced this on Thursday when he undertook an on the spot assessment of the ongoing screnning exercise over 700 local government and 300 state retirees at the headquarters of the Nasarawa State Bureau for Pension Administration.
Açcording to the governor, the fund would clear the full gratuity of retirees both at the state and local government levels starting from 1999-2010, adding that his administration inherited a backlog of gratuity from the creation of the state in 1990 to date.
He told newsmen at the venue of the screening that he was there to physically monitor the excercise, which he said, was meant to alleviate the plight of the retirees by paying them their full entitlements so that they can be able to start something.
Governor Sule said with improved revenue accruing to the state, his administration saw the need to clear off gratuity of retirees starting from 1999-2010.
“I was told the money would clear the the gratuity of retirees from 1999-2010. Both at the local government and state levels. My dream again is that from 2011, when the amount increases significantly, whether anybody knows somebody in government or not, again, we will just follow the first -come – first -serve to complete the payment for 2011 by the end of this year. At the beginning of the year, we will pay purely from 2012”, he stated.
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