Here are some complaint received.
Mr. H.D is a retired Local Government Civil Servant. He
served the primary health care for 35 years and retired as an Assistant
Director. He was not been paid his pension after retiring from service for 2
long years.
When his pension finally started being paid, his 2 years
pension arrears was never paid to him.When he asked of his pension arrears, he
was told it will be paid together with his gratuity. It’s been 5 years now and
he has not been paid his gratuity because the people at the pension board
presume that the State has not been allocated the pensioners’ funds.
He was told that even when they do, his name will have to be
on the waiting list but if he can pay a certain percentage of his entire
entitlement, they might be able to move his name up the list.It is either that
or he can wait until God intervenes in the matter.
Here is another scenario;
E.Y is a graduate of the University of Maiduguri residing in
Jalingo. He has 3 younger ones who are still in school. They lost their parents
years ago. Their mother was a Secretary in the Health Services Management
Board, Jalingo and they have not received her benefits since their mother died,
leaving E. Y struggling to cater for his siblings.
Apart from Mr H.D and E.Y, a lot of Civil Service
personnel have similar issues or worse than these.
For years now there have been no news regarding pension and
gratuity of some retired pensioners leaving those who are of retirement age in
the Civil Service running scared in a bid to extend their service years.
Pathetic!
The question is this, are those in charge of our government
aware of this? If they are, what are they doing about it? These people need
answers, more than anything they need these issues resolved . Therefore they
are appealing to the Government to look into their situation thereby finding a
lasting solution to the issues.
NOTICE: The names used above are not real names or initials
of the individuals.
Culled from Taravoice
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