Yobe State Pays 279 LG Retirees N365M Pension

Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state has approved N365,586,246.45 for the payment of accumulated pension arrears and gratuities of 279 local government retirees in the state.

This was disclosed in a statement by the spokesperson to the State Governor, Abdullahi Bego, on Tuesday 27 August 2019.

Of the 279 beneficiaries, 71 are deceased and their benefits, amounting to N110,830,156.75, will be handed over to their next of kin through the probate division of the State High Court, while the sum of N254,756,089.70 will be electronically paid directly to the remaining 208 living retirees.

Some may recall that on July 4, 2019, Governor Buni approved the sum of N228,914,250.19 for the payment of the benefits to 198 local government retirees.

The statement revealed that the 279 local government retirees are batch 36 in the long list of benefit payments to retired local government workers and the payment of benefits of local government retirees would remain a continuous exercise as the Verification and Payments Committee under the Auditor-General for Local Governments continues with its assignment.