The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has approved the payment of a 28-year backlog of gratuity for pensioners in the Edo State Local Government Staff Pension Board, News About Nigeria reports.
This was disclosed in a statement released on Monday by the Head of Local Government Administration and Permanent Secretary, Local Government Staff Pension Board, Mrs Sandra Osas-Ehigie.
She also revealed that a screening exercise would be held for the payment of pensioners on the payroll of the Local Government Staff Pension Board between 1979 and 2008.
Osas-Ehigie, therefore, urged all pensioners to physically avail themselves at the screening venue to enable them to get the payment when the state begins disbursement.
In her words: “This is to inform pensioners on the payroll of the Local Government Staff Pension Board, who retired between 1979 and 2008 that Governor Obaseki, has released funds for their gratuity and that screening exercise will be carried out in the Local Government Staff Pensions Board Premises, King Square, Benin City.
“All confirmed pensioners are to physically present themselves at the venue between Monday 16 and Friday 20 October 2023, from 8 am – 4 pm daily.”
She also listed documents required for the screening to be; “their pension identity card, biometrics slip and pay advice.”
