The Kwara state government has announced its decision to immediately suspend the payment of monthly pension to 6,437 unscreened pensioners across the 16 local government areas of the state.
This was contained in a statement issued on Friday and signed by Murtala Atoyebi, Chief Press Secretary, Office of the Head of Service on behalf of the State government.
The government said that they are making the decision due to an interim report on the verification exercise on the State Pensioners across the state by a financial consortium contracted by the government last December as a result of the precarious challenges inhibiting the smooth payment of pensioners’ entitlement.
According to the Interim Report submitted by the firm, it was indicated that a total of 16,368 pensioners were processed for screening out of which only 9,931 were verified valid.
They added that a total of 6,437 pensioners failed to participate in the verification exercise which was conducted in all the 16 Local Government Areas of the State to ease the burden of the aged people.
The government directed the Office of the State Accountant General to suspend forthwith, payment to the affected Pensioners effective from the month of July until they are cleared.
“The AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq led administration however advised all those with anomalies in their documentation to immediately clear such with the consultant while those that failed to appear for the verification exercise should go to the Staff Development College, Ilorin for screening, commencing from Monday, August 1, 2022.” the statement read in parts.
