Every pensioner deserves right to enjoy full entitlement – Alhassan Rurum

The member representing Rano/Bunkure/Kibiya federal constituencies and chairman house committee on pensions matters, Alhaji Kabiru Alhassan Rurum said numerous complaints and petitions received from pensioners, ginger the move for amendments of the laws and rules governing the conduct of pension matters in the country.

Alhaji Kabiru Alhassan Rurum stated this while speaking to newsmen in Kano on Wednesday.

He said the amendments, when completed, would give every pensioner right and full autonomy to get and enjoys his entitlements forthrightly.

“It is highly disturbing that some pensioners have various live’s predicaments,  no matter the amount that accrued of the pensioner’s entitlements, access wouldn’t be granted to redeem the benefits at a single withdrawal, only 25 per cent out of that is what a pensioner is entitled to and would be accessed as officially enshrined in the law” Rurum explained.

He noted that this form parts of what the amendment is trying to address to reduce hardship on pensioners.

Alhassan Rurum said, previously, there was a protracted pensions issue which bedevilled army, policemen and other security agency retirees, whereby their difficulties were reduced to the barest minimum.

“Still, we do receive some complaints here and there, despite this huge success recorded in subduing large fraction of outstanding problems with regards to pensioners entitlement” Rurum added.

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The Kano ex-Speaker affirmed that due to the unflinching commitment of his committee, recently a request was forwarded to President Muhammadu Buhari who granted approval of 14 billion Naira, whereby ex-policemen retirees entitlements were paid accordingly.

He added that the Senate recently confirmed full autonomy of the national pension commission, whereby the director-general Hajia Aisha Dahiru assumed the role of running the commission in full capacity as the Director-General.