The Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has approved the immediate release of N10 billion to clear outstanding pension arrears owed to retirees in the state.\n<\/p>\n
The governor disclosed this on Tuesday during a meeting with the Pension Board, led by the Chairman, Bureau of State Pensions, Mr Edwin Ogidi-Gbegbaje, and the State Chairman of the Association of Contributory Retirees, Anthony Osanekwu.\n<\/p>\n
Oborevwori said he convened the meeting to address pressing issues concerning the welfare of retirees, including payment of backlogs and migration challenges under the contributory pension scheme.\n<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cSo far, a total of N36.4 billion had been paid in pensions, and N1.4 billion was released for payment of pensions monthly since I assumed office.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe state has not defaulted in meeting its monthly pension obligations under my watch.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cOur retirees are men and women who gave their best years in service to the state.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is only just that they receive what is duly owed to them, and under my watch, their welfare will remain top priority.\u201d<\/p>\n
To guarantee accountability, the governor announced the constitution of an oversight team to supervise the implementation of the N10 billion release, stressing that transparency would be strictly upheld.\n<\/p>\n
He reaffirmed his administration\u2019s commitment to prioritising the welfare of senior citizens who had laboured in the service of Delta State.\n<\/p>\n
In his remarks, the Chairman of the Bureau for State Pension, Mr Edwin Ogidi-Gbegbaje, described the governor\u2019s announcement as a \u201cpleasant surprise,\u201d assuring all that the N10 billion release would serve as a huge relief to retirees.\n<\/p>\n
He further pledged that the funds would be used exclusively for pension payments, stressing that the system was programmed to ensure transparency and accountability.\n<\/p>\n
The state chairman of the Association of Contributory Retirees, Anthony Osanekwu, thanked the governor for what he described as an unexpected and magnanimous gesture.\n<\/p>\n
Recall that the retirees in the state have been lamenting over the unpaid pensions from 2012 to date<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has approved the immediate release of N10 billion to clear outstanding pension…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[64,63,99,186,184,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-80291","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-finance","12":"tag-personal-finance","13":"tag-personalfinance"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}