Ebonyi State has commenced the process for the payment of gratuities to retired local government staff from 1996 to date
To this end, Governor Francis Nwifuru has inaugurated a six-member committee headed by Mrs. Catherine Ogbu to verify and pay genuine local government retirees .
Other members include Mrs. Mbam Joy, Dr. Cajethan Oketa, Justice Chima, and Comrade David Elom representing the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), while Mr. Martins Uguru is to serve as the secretary.
Gov. Nwifuru charged the committee to be above board in the discharge of the assignment .
“I have confidence in the calibre of persons selected to do this assignment. I want everybody who had opportunity to serve this state at the local government level to get their full entitlements .
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“We are embarking on this not because we have enough but just like I told the local government chairmen that the payment is as important as physical projects,” he said.
This is contained in a statement issued on Friday, by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Monday Uzor and made available to journalists in Abakalili.
Gov. Nwifuru directed the committee to ensure each retiree is paid the same day they are verified and confirmed.
“Use available documents as guide and ensure every retiree receives alert immediately he or she is verified,” the governor charged the committee.
The governor appreciated the local government council chairmen for attaching importance to the exercise.
