Kwara pays N3.5bn Pension & Gratuity to Retirees
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has disclosed that his administration paid a total sum of N3.5billion to pensioners last month, blaming past administrations for arrears of pension and gratuity to retired civil servants.
Speaking in Ilorin over the weekend, the governor further disclosed that the payment represents arrears of pension and gratuity to retired civil servants in the state for 2009 and 2010.
He said, “We should have used that money to do some other projects under this administration but we used it to clear the liabilities they left. That is what happens in all sectors. We are using our resources to cover liabilities of the past. We feel it is a necessity to do so as a matter of government’s obligation to the people.”
According to him, “By December last year, we earned N44 billion less than the last administration. If you look at the figures, between 2015 and 2019 the income to the state – FAAC, IGR and the likes were higher than what we have received between 2019 and today.”
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