▪State
Monthly Pensions Payroll now has 18,073 Pensioners
•Biometric
Captures ongoing for public servants retiring between August 2019 and December
2019
By Ibrahim Bakare
Rivers State
government says that following the completion of their biometric data capture,
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has approved the inclusion of 2,673
additional retirees into the monthly pension payment scheme of the State
Government.
Rivers State
Pension Board said the latest “approval is addition to the 15,400
Pensioners already receiving Monthly Pensions from the Wike Administration.
“In a
Statement, the Rivers State Pension Board said that the Rivers State Governor
approved the inclusion of the 2,673 Pensioners after the completion of their
biometric data capture.”
The
statement which was signed by the Director-General of the Board, Ijeoma E.O.
Samuel, emphasized that the approval could not have come at a better time and
goes to confirm earlier disclosure that the present administration of Governor
Wike is committed to the wellbeing of the public servants in the State.
The DG further disclosed that an ICT department will soon commence the biometric verification exercise for the next batch of public servants retiring between August and December, 2019.
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The
Director-General commended Governor Wike for giving the pensioners what he
called a ‘new song’ for the Christmas and New Year, even as he also wished the
retirees a merry Christmas celebration and a prosperous New Year.
He said
“The strategic payment of Pensioners is in fulfillment of the pledge made
by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike after he signed into law, the
Rivers State Pension Reform Law (No 4 of 2019). The Rivers State Government has
commenced the payment of pensioners under the Contributory Pension Scheme.
“More Pensioners under this category are
being captured and paid. It is an effective process that will shortly come to a
close.”