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COVID-19: Buhari gives directive on protection of salaries, pensions

Ihesiulo Grace 27 March 2020 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has given directive for the protection of staff salaries, pensions of retirees and statutory transfer in spite the challenge posed by COVID-19 that has affected the economy. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this when

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Battle to get payment of pensions details of former govs SERAP wins round one

Ihesiulo Grace 2 February 2020 0

There is prospect Nigerians keen on knowing details of payment of life pensions to former governors across the 36 states in the country, and the names and number of ex-governors and other officials collecting pensions, may soon have some answers, as Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has won the latest round in the legal […]

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MURIC backs Zamfara on stoppage of pensions for gov, others

Ihesiulo Grace 29 November 2019 0

Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) supported the move by the Zamfara State government and House of Assembly to stop payment of pensions and other allowances to all former governors, deputies, speakers and deputy speakers in the state.

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Police retirees in A’Ibom protest underpayment of gratuities, pensions

Ihesiulo Grace 17 July 2018 0

Retired police officers of the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in Akwa Ibom state have protested the underpayment of their pensions and gratuities by the authourities, describing it as an act of fraud. In an interaction with newsmen in Uyo on Tuesday, the former police officers, numbering over 200, disclosed that as ASPs, […]

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Lagos pays N22bn as pensions, gratuity in 12mths

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2018 0

LAGOS State government said it has paid about N22bn as pensions and gratuity in the last 12 months. Commissioner for Establishment, Training, and Pensions, Dr Akintola Benson Oke, disclosed this while giving an account of his ministry’s activities at the on-going 2018 ministerial press briefing to mark the third anniversary of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration.

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Lagos assures on retention of excellence status through strategic management culture

Ihesiulo Grace 10 March 2018 0

Lagos State Commissioner for Establishment, Training and Pensions, Dr. Akintola Benson has urged the Head of various MDAs in the state to embrace strategic management culture in order to ensure the State maintain the leading position among its counterparts in Nigeria. Dr. Benson gave the charge during a ‘Strategic Management Workshop’ organised by the state […]

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Ambode charges Directors on performance

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2018 0

Directors in the Lagos State Civil Service have been given a charge to improve on their performance. The directive was contained in a keynote address delivered on Tuesday by Dr. Akintola Benson Oke, Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Pensions, who represented Governor Akinwunmi Ambode at the opening session, to the directors attending a training programme […]

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Faleke berates Bello for donating cars, cash to masquerades in Okene

Ihesiulo Grace 4 January 2018 0

Deputy governorship candidate to late Alhaji Abubakar Audu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State and member of the House of Representatives, representing Ikeja Federal Constituency of Lagos State, Hon James Faleke has lambasted the Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello for allegedly donating cars to Masquerade. Describing the donations as the height […]

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Ikpeazu restates commitment to payment of salaries, pensions, women

Ihesiulo Grace 2 January 2018 0

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State on Monday said no governor in the country is more committed to the payment of salaries and pensions than him. Gov. Ikpeazu made this assertion in Umuahia while addressing Abians in his New Year message, stating also that his administration will pay more attention to the empowerment of women […]

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This Govt. Pays N1bn Monthly On Pensions, Says Delta Govt

Ihesiulo Grace 18 December 2017 0

…Constructs 176 Classrooms, Renovates 924 others …FG Releases N1bn, Promises N6bn For Maritime University …Debt Profile Rises To N735bn In Delta Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has said that a whopping sum of N1billion is being spent monthly on pensions and gratuity, disclosing that his administration had in the past two years constructed 176 […]

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Premium Pension begins enhanced monthly payment to retirees

Ihesiulo Grace 12 December 2017 0

In line with the directive of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), Premium Pension Limited (PPL), one of foremost Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) in the country is set to commence the payment of enhanced monthly pension to its retiree with effect from December 2017. The Head of Corporate Communication, Paddy Ezeala, in a statement on Monday […]

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[ICYMI] Recalled corrupt officers: Maina is not the only one

Ihesiulo Grace 22 October 2017 0

On Sunday, February 17, 2013, a fugitive fled from Nigeria to escape arrest by the police and other security agents on his trail. Alhaji Abdulrasheed Maina was reported to have fled to Saudi Arabia, and then settled in the United Arab Emirates following an arrest warrant issued against him by the Senate, and the decision […]

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Review of Pension Reform Act 2014: Reversing a working system?

Ihesiulo Grace 25 September 2017 0

New Bill seeks exclusion of Customs, Immigration, EFCC, others from Act If Nigeria’s pensions landscape was a Google Search bar and one had the opportunity to enter any given year before 2004, the results would have been easily organisable on a neat continuum ranging from confusion to an abject mess. The rules were a spaghetti-like […]