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Yobe: Gov. Buni approves N365million for payment of 279 local govt retirees

  • Writer: Admin
    Admin
  • Aug 27, 2019
  • 1 min read

The Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has approved the sum of N365,586,246.45 for the payment of accumulated pension arrears and gratuities of 279 local government retirees.

A statement released on Tuesday by the Director-General for Press Affairs to the Governor, Abdullahi Bego, indicated that this is batch 36 in the long list of benefit payments to retired local government workers.

“Of the 279 beneficiaries, 71 are deceased and their benefits, amounting to N110, 830, 156.75, will be handed over to their next of kin through the probate division of the State High Court, while the sum of N254, 756, 089.70 will be electronically paid directly to the remaining 208 living retirees.

“Some may recall that on July 4th, 2019, Governor Buni had approved the sum of N228, 914, 250.19 for the payment of the benefits of another batch of l98 local government retirees,” Bego said.

He assured that the payment of the benefits of local government retirees will remain a continuous exercise as the Verification and Payments Committee under the Auditor-General for Local Governments continues with its assignment.

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