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Delta State pensioners accuse ALGON of fraudulent deductions from gratuities

Call on Gov Oborevwori’s intervene

Kelvin Ohoror by Kelvin Ohoror
December 3, 2024
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Retired local government workers and retired public primary school teachers in Delta State have accused the Delta State Chapter of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), the State Auditor General (Local Government) and a consulting firm (Logic Forensic Consultant) of conspiring to fraudulently deduct between N2million and N8million from their gratuities and hence, called on Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to intervene and redress the matter.

The call was contained in a Communiqué issued at the end of a general meeting of the pensioners’ groups held in Ughelli, Wednesday, September 4, 2024 and addressed to the Governor.

The Communiqué was signed by Pst Daniel Onosanimoni, Prince Gordon Etuwede, Builder Godwin Ekeleni and Comrade John Egie (Chairmen and Secretaries of retired local government workers and public primary school teachers groups respectively).

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The pensioners claimed that rather than use a payment template prepared by the consulting firm, B.A. Adigun & Associates, which was universally accepted and had been used for payment of pensions and gratuities since April 2011 to October 2019 (for local government workers) and 2011 to June 2016 (for public primary school teachers) without any hiccup, ALGON in concert with the Auditor General (LG) engaged the services of Logic Forensic Consultant to tinker with the old payment template resulting in humongous deductions from their gratuities and consequently inflicting severe pains and hardship on the pensioners.

“Your Excellency, it is sad to note that immediately after you guaranteed the N40billion loan facility, ALGON surreptitiously engaged the services of another accounting firm (Logic Forensic Consultant) to tinker with the old payment template resulting in humungous deduction.”

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They argued that the total accrued benefits to retirees/pensioners owed by the Delta State Government within the period stated above amounted to N56billion and that the N40billoin loan guaranteed by His Excellency, the Governor of Delta State, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori did not contemplate those retired from January 2020 and thereafter.

“It is therefore curious to note how ALGON, using the Bureau of Local Government Pensions came about settling an indebtedness of over N56billion with N40billion loan guaranteed by His Excellency, the governor for the payment of benefits of those who retired as late as 2023.”

According to the pensioners, ALGON arbitrarily allocated pension benefits to the extent that some retirees who served for 35 years were issued certificates of payment as low as N650, 000 as total retirement benefits just to ensure that they cleared all retirement benefits up to 2023.

In their prayers, the pensioners asked Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to use his good offices to prevail on ALGON and the Auditor General (LG) to revert to the old payment template and consequently, ensure the refund of the humongous deductions which form the shortfalls and under payments of all affected retirees/pensioners in Delta State.

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