National Judicial Council unveils e-registration portal for pensioners

Peter Bahago, Abuja

The National Judicial Council, NJC in Nigeria has unveiled an online verification platform for retired Federal Judicial and non-judicial officers on its payroll, as well as an automated platform for enrolment of retiring Federal judiciary staff. 

Executive Secretary of the Council, Ahmed Gambo Saleh, represented by the Director, Information, Mr. Soji Oye said that the unveiling of the innovation in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital was a testimony to the fact that his dream for an information technology driven judiciary in Nigeria is becoming a reality.

The Executive Secretary also disclosed that the pension department of the NJC is not left out in his initiative as most of the processes and operations have been automated. 

 According to him, ” the apex judicial body had in the past few years championed a complete technological transformation of the court systems and processes, placing more premium on audio-visual, court sittings and e-filing of processes”

Meanwhile the Director, Pensions, of the NJC, Mrs Georginia Obingene said the initiative was aimed at improving the operational efficiency of the pensions department of the council. 

Mrs Obingene added that “the National Judicial Council is the first amongst all other key players in the administration of pension in Nigeria to implement a robust e-platform of this nature which is aimed at reducing to the barest minimum, the challenges and difficulties faced by retirees during the traditional pension verification exercise.”

She also hinted that the NJC conducts annual verification exercise for different categories of staff who are spread across all the states of the federation including FCT, so as to revalidate their biometric data and ensure integrity and reliability of the pension records. 

The pension boss added the Pension Department of the National Judicial Council was unable to conduct the annual Verification Exercise for Retired Federal Judicial and some non-Judicial Officers already in its Pension Payroll and others due to the challenges of COVID-19 pandemic.

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