{"id":94411,"date":"2023-08-17T21:14:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T20:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/yobe-gov-buni-approves-n667m-for-payment-of-475-lg-retirees"},"modified":"2023-08-17T23:58:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T22:58:42","slug":"yobe-gov-buni-approves-n667m-for-payment-of-475-lg-retirees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/yobe-gov-buni-approves-n667m-for-payment-of-475-lg-retirees","title":{"rendered":"Yobe: Gov Buni approves N667m for payment of 475 LG retirees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has approved payment of local government pensioners across the 17 local government councils of the state.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed in a statement signed on Thursday by the Governor\u2019s spokesman, Mamman Mohammed, and made available in Damaturu.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the governor approved the sum of N667,045,441.22 for the payment of 475 local government pensioners.<\/p>\n<p>It also said that Buni gave the approval after the screening and verification of the pensioners in the 17 local government councils.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is in continuation of Governor Buni\u2019s efforts to settle outstanding pensions owed to retired local government employees,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has approved payment of local government pensioners across the 17 local government councils of the state. This was disclosed in a statement signed on Thursday by the Governor\u2019s spokesman, Mamman Mohammed, and made available in Damaturu. 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