Following Vanguard’s special report on the humongous amounts state governments owe pensioners across the country, some states, including Ondo, Osun, Akwa Ibom and Abia, have pledged to urgently address the situation.Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu yesterday said his state had paid all outstanding salary arrears of local government and primary school teachers as well as pensioners owed by the previous administration.
“These months are July – December 2016 and January 2017. The government is already making arrangements also to offset all arrears of gratuities of retired LG staff and primary school teachers which dates back to 2012.”Following inconveniences suffered by pensioners undergoing forensic audit in Osun State, the state government has ordered the exercise to be decentralized immediately.
“The auditing team will conduct the screening at the headquarters of each federal constituency, while mobile calls will also be used to access bedridden pensioners. Pensioners should, therefore, stop coming to Osogbo. He stated: “In line with his promise to continue to pay down the arrears of retired workers, Akwa Ibom State governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has approved the prompt release of an additional N1.6 billion.
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