OKUNOLA: Dear Omobola, thanking you and your good office The Nation newspaper for the wonderful job you are doing for pensioners of this country. l am a NITEL retiree. l did my verification since January 20I8 but l am yet to get my pension from PTAD. My date of first appointment is July 02, I979 and date of retirement is November I4, I99I. Kindly help me.
PTAD: Kindly provide the original documents of Letter of First Appointment; Letter of Last promotion; and Letter of Retirement
BASSEY: My name is Bassey and my complaint is non-payment of my long overdue monthly pension and arrears. Since I retired from Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in 2006, series of letters/bank statement and verification slip were sent to PTAD but nothing has been done. PTAD keep on promising to pay but nothing has been paid till today. They have refused to pay my money for 17 years now.
PTAD: Kindly provide bank statement showing severance payment.
SURAJU: Dear Omobola, I saw your response to my request in the paper of Wednesday July 6, 2022 where you wrote that PTAD said they are recomputing my matter. Why? Well, thanks for your efforts and please help me keep it in view.
PTAD: Kindly provide bank statement from March 2003 to January 2011
Sunday: Good day, my name is Sunday from Cross River State. My father died since July 10, 2005 while in police service. He is late Inspector Okimba. His last place of service is Akwa-Ibom State. I went on to process his entitlement as his next- of- kin in 2015 at PTAD office Abuja where I was verified and captured with pensioner number. But up till date, I have not been paid. Kindly help me.
PTAD: Please provide documents comprising of Enlistment Letter; Letter of Administration; Emolument record or deceased’s Bank statement showing salary before death; Next-of- kin bank statement from July 2005 to date; BVN slip; Valid ID card.
ARINZE: The publication in The Nation of September 28, 2022 is a welcome relief to pensioners. My name is Arinze Christopher Nnam I retired in February 2010 from State Universal Basic Educ Board Asaba (SUBEB) and up till date I have not been paid a kobo despite more than three times verification exercise frm ABUJA, instead, I have been getting messages of over payment from PTAD Abuja.Pls help me. Thanks in anticipation
PTAD: The pensioner is on payroll. He should provide bank statement as proof of non-payment.
IDOWU: Good day, my name is Idowu. This is a reminder to the newspaper that I have sent my scanned verification details to PTAD as directed since July 22, 2021 but I have not received any response from them. I retired statutorily from the Lagos State Post-primary Teaching Service Commission on April 30, 2004. The date of my first appointment at Epe Division Grammar School, Lagos State is June 1,1969. I spent all my service years in Lagos State (35 years). My complaints are that I have not been paid the Federal Share of my Gratuity (1969-1976). Secondly, my pension from May 1, 2004 to February 2008 was not paid. Instead, I was paid from March 1, 2008 to date. I thank you for the effort of your organisation to help us. God bless you.
PTAD: The Directorate would require your bank statement from retirement to date.
NKANU: My name is Nkanu, I retired on February 29, 1995 from University of Jos. I have not received my pension salary for the month of May.
PTAD: Mr. Nkanu’s pension has been paid already.
FASHAKIN: Dear Omobola, I read your column concerning pension in The Nation Newspaper and I decided to contact you. My name is Fashakin, a pensioner from Nigerian Railway Corporation. After our retirement 17 years ago, the management of the corporation paid part of our entitlement and refused to pay the remaining. Several letters had been written and efforts made to get our legitimate right but they were rebuffed by the management. Then, we engaged the service of a lawyer who wrote to ask for our money. The management replied our lawyer to forward the names and other information of his clients that they are owing. The names were sent to them, still the management refused paying. All these happened last year. The case was referred to EFCC in January 11 this year. We waited for EFCC to call us for investigation according to our lawyer, but when we did not hear from them, I went to their office on May 20, 2022 with a letter of reminder. The letter was refused, to my greatest surprise. I was told that EFCC declined to investigate the case of fraud brought against the railway management. Madam, I have the proof of all I have writing here. Pls, for further inquiry for publicatio, my phone number is 08061224837. I would be glad if you can step in and look into our case. Thank you, madam.
PTAD: Pensioner did not state nature of complaint. He did not respond to phone calls, he can contact PTAD directly.