Governor Abba K. Yusuf of Kano State has approved a total of over ₦15.6 billion for the settlement of outstanding severance gratuities, accommodation allowances, and leave/recess allowances owed to over 3,000 former councillors from the 44…
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In strong terms, the National Judicial Council (NJC) has condemned the refusal of state governments to pay retirement benefits to judges. This is contained in a statement by Soji Oye, the NJC’s director of information, on Thursday. …
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Kano State Pensioners Forum (Zauren 'yan fansho) has lauded Governor Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf for securing N6 billion to settle outstanding gratuities and death benefits of pensioners in the state. The forum chairman Alhaji Ado Ibrahim…
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By Ben Aroh Retired local government workers and their primary school counterparts in Enugu State are being owed about twenty months’ arrears of pensions. Their gratuities were last paid in 2005. This report interrogates their plights,…
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The Governor of Taraba State, Abgu Kefas, has promised to start payment of gratuities to retired state and local government workers. Addressing journalists on Sunday, in Jalingo, he said this is in order to reduce the hardship being…
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He explained that Kano State Government was operating a different contributory pension scheme from that of the Federal Government. According to him, payment of entitlements in the state had been timely and hitch-free, until recently when…
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