PTAD boss lauds Finance Ministry, Accountant General office for cooperation
The Executive Secretary, Pension Transitional Arraignment Directorate (PTAD), Dr Chioma Ejikeme has lauded the Ministry of Finance and the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation for their cooperation in releasing funds for pension payments.
The Directorate is also calling on some pensioners who are genuine pensioners but for some reason or the other were not able to avail themselves during verification exercise should reach out to them (PTAD) before the 25th of September 2020 so that their cases can be looked into.
She added that the Directorate is right now on the verge of removing about 21,227 pensioners who did not show up during verification off the payroll.
Dr Ejikeme who was speaking on NTA National Programme ‘Business Express’ yesterday said “The Ministry of Finance, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation have been very good with the release of funds for pensions. This has ensured that we’ve been paying our pensioners promptly and they can attest to that.”
“We have started validating the results of that verification and right now we are on the verge of removing about 21,227 pensioners off the payroll. These are pensioners who did not come for the verification and they are not supposed to be on the payroll
“We had given the information to the pension unions and I’m here today to also say that there might be some pensioners who are genuine pensioners but for some reason where not able to avail themselves of that verification exercise. They should reach out to us before the 25th of September so that we can look into their case, verify them and put them on the payroll.
“We are also aware that a good number of our pensioners are Diaspora pensioners especially from the Parastatals pension department, and we are doing everything possible to keep them abreast of the happenings.”
Meanwhile, Dr Ejikeme said she has approved payment for a Batch of 44 Next of Kin of deceased Civil Service Pensioners, adding that the names will be published as soon as payment upload is completed.
Recall that in March 2020 PTAD made payments to 297 NOKs and to 35 NOKs in August 2020. All from the Civil Service Pension Department.
