Kano Inaugurates Committee To Address Pensioners Challenges

Kano State Government on Monday inaugurated Pension Reconciliation Committee that would work on a report submitted by the Technical Committee of the State Contributory Pension Scheme headed by the former Head of Service, Alhaji Rabi’u Zakariyya.

Inaugurating the Committee in his office on Monday, the Deputy Governor, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna assured that the administration of Dr Abdullahi Ganduje is determined to addressing the challenges bedevilling the State Pension Board.

A statement issued by Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor, Hassan Musa Fagge on Monday said the committee is mandated to address the problems of pensioners in the state.

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Solacebase recalled that the Technical Committee had on 23 July 2019,  submitted its findings and observations to the State Government through the Deputy Governor, Alhaji Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna for further actions.

The Deputy Governor is to chair the new Committee, while the Permanent Secretary, Salary and Wages, Alhaji Sani Fanna is to serve as the Secretary of the Committee.

Members of the Committee include the State Commissioner, Ministry of Finance, Alhaji Shehu Na-Allah Kura, the State Commissioner, Ministry for Local Government, Murtala Sule Garo and Alhaji Sani Dawaki Gabasawa, Chairman, Kano State Pension Fund Trustee.

Other Members include Kano State Chairman, Union of Pensioners, Comrade Ahmed Salisu Gwale, State Chairman National Labour Congress, Comrade Kabiru Ado Minjibir and Mu’azzam Habibu Danlkadai from REPA who is to serve as Co-Secretary for the Committee.

The deputy governor outlined terms of reference of the Committee, to include, identify the contributing Agencies of the Pension Funds, to ascertain the total amount to be remitted by each contributing Agencies on Monthly basis and to ascertain the actual Monthly remittance by the contributing Agencies.

Also the terms of reference include establishing all remitted amount by the Agencies as a result of the default, to establish the total defaulting liability of the retirement benefits and recommend appropriate ways of recovering the unlimited funds from the defaulting Agencies.

Nasiru Gawuna added that the Committee is also mandated to solicit for Government’s intervention towards addressing the payment of the outstanding retirement benefits and to give any other recommendations or suggestions deemed appropriate to the Government.

According to him, ” It is imperative that we should find ways that our committee can access funding and the best way to advise Government to settle the problems, the ways to fine-tune and shape the Agencies in terms of fishing out all the obstacles, in terms of payment or collecting funds that are not supposed to be.’’