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JIMOFOR: My name is Ejimofor from Imo State. I am a retired railway pensioner.
I refer to a complaint by Mr. Isa from Nasarawa State published in your widely read The Nation on 29/1/2020 and 19/2/2020 and hereby align myself with Isa that PTAD is owing Railway pensioners 12 months’ arrears of 33 per cent pension increase during President Goodluck Jonathan Administration and that Railway pensioners are the least paid in the country.
PTAD is not correct to say that Isa’s complaint is an assumed liability by some group of Railway pensioners and that the group is yet to forward any supporting document.
I hereby refer PTAD to the submission railway pensioners made in Section (D) of the verification form issued to them during the last verification, therein we attached our bank statement of account from January 2015 to August 2019, which shows clearly how many months of the 33 per cent that has so far been paid to the Railway pensioners. In the form also we complained about the non-implementation of the harmonisation of railway pensioners as was approved during by Yar’Adua/Goodluck Jonathan’s Administration.
PTAD should please look into our complaints and do the needful. Thanks.
THE NATION: The Nation will intervene by sending your complaint to PTAD. Do watch out for the newspaper publication next Wednesday for a response from the commission and subsequently every week for pension news.
MRS ONIYE: God bless The Nation’s Pension Column. My name is Mrs. Oniye. I retired from Federal Government College, Idoani in April,1999, as Grade 2 Typist, G.L 5 Step 10. My gratuity was paid on June 7, 2007. I have not been paid any monthly pension. Please see to my problem by helping me to contact the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) on the non-payment of my monthly pension since 1999.
PTAD: The pensioner is advised to send her complaint, name and account details to complaints@ptad.gov.ng. Her telephone number as provided is not reachable.
ALICE: My name is Alice. Thanks for The Nation’s concern on pensioner’s matters. I did verification since August 2017, but PTAD has not paid me till date. Kindly assist, several pensioners have gotten their pension. I am a state pensioner with federal share. I retired on April 30, 2008 without payment till date. Thank you.
PTAD: The pensioner’s complaint has been investigated. She will receive payment as funds are allocated and released by the Federal Government.
STEVEN: I am a retired teacher from Ifako International School. I also worked at Barachel Model college. I was receiving pension of N24,684.76 but since 2003, nothing has been given to me. My NPF number is withheld. I will be happy if you can help and see that the money is paid.
PTAD: The pensioner was called several times without a response. He is advised to send his complaint, name and account details to complaints@ptad.gov.ng.
BENJAMIN: I am Benjamin. I retired in 2006 from the old NEPA/PHCN and by transition from NELMCO to PTAD. My monthly pensions of January and March 2015 were omitted. I went to PTAD five times and did all I was told to do, but to my surprise, each time I went there, they would tell me ‘no fund’ Please help me.
PTAD: The pensioner is required to submit his bank statement from July 2014 to date to PTAD Office Abuja, including his complaint to enable us investigate and resolve his complaint.
Atakah: Following my complaints on my unpaid pension arrears and the directive given by PTAD through the newspaper, I sent my complaint to the Executive Secretary PTAD on August 14, last year via email. On September 18, last year, I got a phone call from PTAD that I should send the following: (1) Attestation Form (2) Pension Advice (3) Statement of Account to Lawal of Police Section in PTAD. But I recall that I have sent all these except attestation form, which others were paid without it. We did not use attestation before we were paid our gratuity in the old police pension before our merger with PTAD. My hope lies in you. Thanks for your efforts. God bless you.
PTAD: We have called the pensioner on the case of his unpaid pension arrears between 2001 and 2017 and advised him not to attend any verification again because he had already been verified. The pensioner will need to submit his bank statement from 2001 to date as the bank statement submitted during verification is insufficient.
If eligible, PTAD will ensure that he receives his arrears as funds are allocated and released for the purpose by the Federal Government.
MRS OMOGBOYE: My late husband, Sergeant Omogboye, died on February 26, 2004. His next-of- kin (NoK) are his three children and I.The gratuity received was N239,000; pension for one of the children N276,000; another N314,000; Monthly payment of pension N2,880.80.
The pension was paid to only two children while the other two have not received any money.
Kindly assist so that the others can get their entitlement.
PTAD: Sgt. Omogboye(deceased) NoKs -Wife and three others: The operational department (Police Pension Department) has advised as follows:
- All NoKs should provide their bank statement from the date the account was opened to date.
- NoKs should provide their BVN slip 3.
NoKs should provide their birth certificates and verification slips.
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