Edo State government is to pay the arrears of nearly 200 pensioners after the December 20 and 21 physical and documentary verification for Batch 39 of pensioners, at Imaguero College Hall, Benin City.
In a statement by the Permanent Secretary and Chairman, Pension Bureau, I.D.S. Juwobor, on behalf of the Head of Service, the government said “the exercise is in continuation of the ongoing payment of pension arrears to government pensioners.”
He urged pensioners in Batch 39 to present themselves for “physical and documentary verification at Imaguero College Hall, Benin City, on December 20 and 21.”
Juwobor said the announcement also served to notify pensioners in batches 37 and 38, who failed to participate in the verification held on December 6 and 7 to take advantage of the December 20 and 21 exercise alongside those in Batch 39.
He said the list of pensioners in batches 37, 38 and 39 will be pasted at the office of the Head of Service today and tomorrow, noting that the required documents for the exercise include “pension authority, retirement letter, letter of first appointment, pension ID card, biometric slip, bank details including bank name and account number.”
“Upon conclusion of the verification, the arrears will be credited into the pension account of each pensioner, without delay, after due process and documentation,” he added.
The Governor Godwin Obaseki administration had adopted a phased approach in the payment of pension arrears, which the state had reduced to N3.9 billion from N10 billion.