Category: Pension

Lawrence: I am a Nitel/Mtel pensioner. I did my verification on September 3, 2018, but I am yet to be put on payroll.

I have written several emails and been to the PTAD office in Race Course, Lagos for more than 20 times, only to be told that my documents are okay.

Instead of PTAD to pay me my pension, there is a message they send to me every quarter of the year, yet nothing is done.

PTAD: Mr. Lawrence Adesola Olukogbon has incomplete documents. He has only an appointment letter in our database, which indicates his first date of appointment is June 1, 1985, and on his pension form he indicated it was 1977, while his retirement date was 1991.

If we consider his first appointment date and his retirement, he only served government for six years, therefore he is not eligible for pension under DBS. However, if he has other career documents he can forward them to PTAD for review and resolution.

OLIYE: Good day, I am a CSPD pensioner. I retired from the Federal Ministry of Education. I have not yet received my 20 percent pension arrears and 32 pension arrears.

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PTAD: We are aware of the non-payment of 20 per cent and 28 per cent increase of this pensioner’s benefit. He is among those that are yet to be paid.

Please be informed the arrears are paid in batches, the N32 increment will also be paid as soon as the funds are available.

ADEKUNLE: Dear Omobola, some NITEL, MTEL and I retirees did our verification since January 20I8 and we are yet to get our due pension from PTAD. We are about 48 and our names have been forwarded to PTAD since 2020, but PTAD said we should exercise patience. I received a five years’ pension in 2007, 2009, and 2010. Kindly help us.

PTAD: We contacted this pensioner on 08050772683 to provide his verification slip or BVN as the account number he provided (6050283692) is not in our record. But he said he was not at home to provide it.

EKEKPOROH: My name is Ekekporoh. My complaint is about the non-payment of pension arrears. I was paid some arrears in August 2024 and December to January 2025.

PTAD: We aware of the non-payment of 20 per cent ad 28 per cent of this pensioner, he is among those who are yet to be paid. Please be informed the arrears are paid in batches and the N32 increment will also be paid as soon as the fund are available.

ONIPEDE: Good day, my name is Onipede. I am a severance retiree of the February 2007 batch. We were paid short gratuity and the monthly pension from the inception was wrong payments till date. This made the increments and amendments have no effect on our monthly pension.

Also, the Federal Government’s circular of ‘Consequential Adjustment in Pension Arising from the Implementation of National Minimum Wage’ with effective from April 18, 2019 has not been effected for NIPOST retirees.

Early this year, your office released a communiqué that the anomalies would be corrected by March 2024. But to our surprise, it was not done till date.

 Why is this so? Also, why did the core ministries’ retirees receive 45 per cent more than NIPOST. This is even as parastatals like Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), NITEL and others are receiving better pensions. I want to know what type of parastatal is NIPOST.

PTAD: Kindly provide us with the hardcopy of your bank statement from retirement till date to enable us process your complaint of non-payment of gratuity.

Also note that you are required to attach a complaint letter addressed to the Executive Secretary and note that we are reviewing and re-computing the Back End Computation.

• PenCom lauds efforts

The outstanding pension liabilities of pensioners under the Defined Benefit Scheme (DBS) are in excess of N88 billion, the Executive Secretary of PTAD, Tolulope Odunaiya, has said.

She made this known on Monday when she visited the Director-General of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), Omolola Oloworaran, at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.

The PTAD Executive Secretary acknowledged the support and guidance provided by PenCom to PTAD over the years, as the industry regulator.

She congratulated the Commission on the progress they had made towards settling accrued liabilities under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS).

Odunaiya hoped the Directorate could continue to count on PenCom’s support as PTAD embarked on the next decade of transformative pension administration.

Oloworaran lauded the efforts of PTAD in the management of pensions under the DBS.

The PenCom boss, who acknowledged the crucial role being played by PTAD in pension management, affirmed that the meeting was an opportunity to deepen collaboration between the two organisations in the pension industry.

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Similarly, PTAD is looking to foster collaborations with the Niger State Pension Board.

Odunaiya spoke about this when she hosted the Commissioner for Finance, Niger State, Mr Lawal Maikano and Director-General of the state Pension Board, Mr Nasiru Said.

Maikano appreciated the Executive Secretary and her Senior Management Team emphasised the importance of a healthy collaboration of both parties on the pensioners’ welfare nationwide.

He commended the Directorate for implementing instruments which have aided the administration of pension to DBS retirees nationwide, particularly the “I am Alive Confirmation Solution”, stating that it has been completed by DBS retirees in Niger.

He said: “We want to have a positive impact on the lives of Niger state pensioners as much as possible.

“We also reaffirm the state’s willingness to enhance collaborations with the Directorate.’’

The ES commended the delegates for their government’s achievements in the pension administration and affirmed the directorate’s willingness to collaborate with them.