{"id":74077,"date":"2022-10-11T15:56:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T14:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/gratuities-probe-state-pensions-board-apc-advises-rivers-govt"},"modified":"2022-10-11T17:35:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T16:35:34","slug":"gratuities-probe-state-pensions-board-apc-advises-rivers-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/gratuities-probe-state-pensions-board-apc-advises-rivers-govt","title":{"rendered":"Gratuities: Probe state pensions board \u2013 APC advises Rivers govt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has called on the state government to join forces with anti-graft agencies to investigate and probe the state pension office.<\/p>\n

The APC said it has \u201creceived credible information from multiple sources\u201d that some officials of the state pension office who should be \u201cserving the interest of retired civil servants\u201d in Rivers State have turned themselves into \u201cblack marketers\u201d.<\/p>\n

The state Publicity Secretary of APC, Darlington Nwauju on Tuesday claimed that the pensioners are being demanded to pay hundreds of thousands of naira in exchange for \u201croutine physical interview sessions\u201d conducted for them or their family members before payments of gratuities.<\/p>\n

Nwauju wondered how a \u201csimple exercise\u201d aimed at eliminating identity theft would be \u201cturned to an avenue for exploitation of poor pensioners or their relatives\u201d just as he expressed sadness that most retirees from the state civil service from 2015 till date are yet to access their pensions.<\/p>\n

The APC called on the Rivers State Government not to adopt the \u201cprimitive style of living in self-denial\u201d but to deal squarely with the \u201cracketeering and unethical practices going on at the state pension office\u201d.<\/p>\n

The APC spokesman said the party is also aware that the state\u2019s contributory pension scheme has forced hundreds of civil servants into early retirement as the scheme has totally \u201ccollapsed\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has called on the state government to join forces with anti-graft agencies to investigate and probe the state pension office. 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