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OLUSOLA: My name is Olusola Ojediran, sgt. Rtd. I retired in 1994. I learnt that PTAD has harmonised the pension allowance of IGP, DIG, And AIG.And left C. P. To rank and file, pls what is the correct position on this. Thank you

PTAD: The Directorate is yet to receive any formal directive on the harmonisation from the relevant authority.

ADEWALE: Good Day, my name is Aladeokin, Cyber Cafe operator in Ado Ekiti, many retirees come to my business for I AM Alive verification. Many are successful but some were not after four to five attempts to take their picture before it locked up. The finger verification is also not working. Kindly help me to know how to go about the finger verification. Thank you

PTAD: We have contacted Mr. Adewale directly.

AKPAN: Good Day, my name Is Akpan.. I am one of the retired downsized officers of customs 2007. we were under Customs, Immigration And Prison Pension Office (CIPPO) before PTAD took over. Before the take-over, I was having with CIPPO arrears of pension from 2007 to 2009 as was paid to my colleagues of equivalent rank of level 09 step 13. Also my CONPASS arrears of gratuity amounting to  N1,582,182.36 was not paid to me as was paid to my colleagues. The arrears was prepared along with others and sent to AGF office (Deputy Director Special Duties). Whose duty is it to pay money to our individual bank account. I have sent my complaint and all the relevant documents to PTAD through their email since July, 2023. Yet no reply uptil now. Please, I need your help. Thank you.

PTAD: Mr. Akpan Monday Sampson has been contacted directly. He is to send his Bank Statement for the period for resolution of the complaint.

OGUNDARE: I am Ogundare. I did my “I am alive” capture around May 29, this year. I was given a confirmation number. Later, by October, I was told to recapture again and since then all efforts to get recaptured proved abortive as network-related issues are making it impossible. I hope my little pension won’t be stopped and also the process of going through the capture is stressful because network is frustrating.

PTAD: ‘I am Alive’ confirmation is to occur every six months. So you will be due for another confirmation from November 29, 2023, six months after May 29, 2023.

CLIFFORD: My name is Clifford. I have no pension number. I would like to know if I qualify for pension at age 60 in 2005. I worked with RBNL(UAC Div) 1975-1978 and SCOA Motors 1978-1988 thinking I would travel abroad.

PTAD: UAC, SCOA Motors are private sector organisations. Mr. Fawehinmi should direct his question to the management of the organisations.

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RTD INSPECTOR RAPHAEL: Good day, I want to know if federal pensioners are included in the N35,000 President Bola Tinubu said should be paid to all Federal Government workers? If it is so, why are the states paying their pensioners? Are we not Nigerians that served this country? Please let me know?

PTAD: This enquiry should be directed to the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation

DUROJAYE: Thank you for your reply in The Nation Newspaper on  August 16, 2023 on my short payment of my federal pension since 2015. As requested, I have sent my bank statements since 2015 through email to PTAD on July 3, 2023.

PTAD: Work in progress

ANONYMOUS: Hello sir, my name is Kiriki. My federal pension has not been paid since February 2022 to date. When my pension number is slotted into the computer system, it showed number does not exist. I retired from MDA: TESCOM, Akure Ondo State, (Education). My date of 1st Appointment is January 1, 1972.

PTAD: Pensioner to wait for reinstatement to payroll before retrying

ADAJI: Hello The Nation Newspaper. PTAD through the newspaper of Wednesday June, 2022 page 26 confirmed that my gratuity has been computed for payment. I have been waiting patiently since then and nothing happened. Help me request that PTAD to release my gratuity.

PTAD: Pensioner to provide verification slip to enable us investigate further

ADESIYAN: My name is Adesiyan, I am one of the federal pensioner from Osun State. My problem is that I have tried to confirm my “I’M ALIVE” program for more 10 times. The message comes back as ‘Verification Failed and Faces do not Match’. What can I do to solve this problem?

PTAD: Pensioner contacted and advised to locate a cyber café to do fingerprint option.

ANONYMOUS:  Good day, I will like to know if my father is eligible for pension under Defined Benefit Scheme (DBS). He was appointed on July 3, 1989 and was removed on April 27, 1999.

• Pensioners, others affirm confidence on Executive Secretary

Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) shall consolidate on the gains of the previous years to ensure the resolution of all inherited liabilities and commit to the welfare of our pensioners, the Executive Secretary, Dr Chioma Ejikeme, has assured.

She spoke when she the executive members of the Federal Universities Pensioners Association (FUPA) in Abuja paid a courtesy visit  to celebrate her re-appointment as PTAD’s Executive Secretary.

She charged pensioners to believe in their commitment towards the welfare of the PTAD Defined Benefit pensioner.

Dr. Ejikeme, however, noted that there is still a lot to be done.

She said: “I appreciate  the executives of the Federal Universities Pensioners Association FUPA on a congratulatory visit on my resumption of duty as the ES PTAD for a second tenure. With your support, we shall consolidate on the gains of the previous years to ensure the resolution of all inherited liabilities and commit to the welfare of our pensioners.

“We enjoin our pensioners to believe our sincere commitment towards the welfare of the PTAD Defined Benefit Pensioner. There is still a lot to be done. For instance, we have Next of Kins (NOKs) verified and yet to receive payment,  inherited liabilities yet to be settled, harmonisation of pensions, implementation of the constitutional 5-year pension increments, and pockets of unattended complaints here and there.

“A lot of mileage has been achieved in the past 10 years by PTAD, from field verifications to putting eligible pensioners on the payroll, regular payment of pensions, arrears, payment of death benefits, liquidation of substantial inherited liabilities to the I Am Alive Verification”.

She stressed that the responsibility of Defined Benefit Pension as managed by PTAD is huge, noting that in the last 10 years of the Directorate’s existence under the management of different Executive Secretaries since inception, PTAD has carved out a niche for herself as a model organisation delivering innovative, efficient and sustainable pension services using technology.

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While expressing appreciation to FUTA executives, she solicited more understanding and support, noting that she will never take them for granted.

FUTA President, Chief Edwin Enyokwa thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the reappointment.

He encouraged the Executive Secretary to continue with her disposition to matters affecting the welfare of pensioners, including payment of the approved palliative.

The meeting had in attendance other executive members of FUPA from the six geopolitical zones and PTAD’s management team.

In another development, the National Chairman, Federal Civil Service Pensioners (FCSP), Comrade Sunday Omezi, expressed gratitude to the President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, for the reappointment of Dr. Ejikeme.

“We must say that the reappointment is a well-deserved one in view of her track record in the administration of pension, culminating in the prompt payment of monthly pensions, payment of pension arrears, as well as landmark innovations that has eased the process of pension management, and the overall improvement of pensioners’ welfare, such as the “I am Alive” initiative, which is aimed at determining the legibility of pensioners, as well as curtailing payment to deceased pensioners, thereby preventing the menace of ghost pensioners, which had previously incurred heavy financial losses to the government”.

He, however, said that this is not to say that there are no teething problems, and room for more improvement, as it is always prevalent in any human endeavour.

‘’But the achievements made so far, are very visible and we hope that her second tenure will consolidate and complement the success so far achieved’’ the group said.

The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has finalised the payment of the sum of N1.03 billion to 7, 091 pensioners of the Power and Transport Sectors of the Parastatals Pension Department (PaPD), the Executive Secretary of the Directorate, Dr. Chioma Ejikeme, has said.

She made this known in a statement made available to journalists.

According to her, the payment represents 39 per cent of the accrued pension arrears owed pensioners in the said sectors for the period August 2015 to September 2023 as a result of the computation of the monthly pension of pensioners of PaPD based on their career details, salary structure and applicable pension increments.

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She said the arrears were ascertained during the back-end computation exercise conducted by PTAD, where it was discovered that 7,091 pensioners in the Power and Transport Sector were being underpaid based on the Payroll inherited by PTAD.

Dr. Ejikeme further disclosed the back-end computation exercise was necessitated by the need to ensure that each pensioner earns their rightful pension for fairness, equity and justice, in line with the Directorate’s mandate.

She assured federal pensioners under the Defined Benefit Scheme that the Federal Government is committed to their welfare, and the arrears will continue to be paid until all accrued pension arrears are liquidated subject to the government funding.

ADEWALE: Good day, my name is Adewale, Cyber Cafe Operator in Ado Ekiti, many retirees come to my business for ‘I am Alive verification. Many are successful but some were not after four to five attempts to take their picture before it lock. The finger verification is not working. Kindly help me to know how to go about the finger verification. Thank you

OJEDIRAN: My name is Ojediran, sgt.( rtd). I retired in 1994. I learnt that PTAD have harmonised the pension allowance of IGP, DIG, and AIG without doing same for CP rank and file. Please what is the correct position on this. Thanks.

TIMOTHY: My name is Timothy from Oyo State. I have been on state and federal pension since October 25, 1993. I attended many verifications without asking for computation sheet which I have made all efforts to get from Ministry of Establishment, Ibadan.  At the last mop up, I submitted all documents but I was not cleared because of computation sheet. My monthly federal pension of N2,511.57 has been stopped since 2019 or thereabout. Kindly return my due because ’I am ALIVE’ .

ANONYMOUS: Please whose duty is it to pay this money to our individual bank account. I have sent my complaint and all the relevant documents to PTAD through their email since July, 2023. I do not get any reply till date. I need your help.

SAMPSON: Good day, my name is Sampson, I am one of the retired downsized officers of Customs 2007. We were under Customs, Immigration and Prison Pension Office (CIPPO) before PTAD took over. Before the takeover, I had pension arrears from 2007 to 2009 with CIPPO as was paid to my colleagues of equivalent ranks of level 09 step 13. Also my CONPASS arrears of gratuity amounting to N 1,582,182.36 were not paid to me as was paid to my colleagues. The arrears was prepared along with others and sent to AGF office {Deputy Director Special Duties} whose duty it was to pay.

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CLIFFORD: My name is Clifford. I worked with RBNL (UAC Division) from 1975 to 1978. I left SCOA Motors 1978 to 1988 thinking I would travel abroad. But I didn’t. I would like to know if I qualify for pension at age 60 in 2005. I have no pension number.

ADAJI: Hello The Nation Newspaper. PTAD through the newspaper of Wednesday June, 2022 page 26 confirmed that my gratuity has been computed for payment. I have been waiting patiently since then and nothing happened. Help me request that PTAD to release my gratuity.

PTAD: Pensioner to provide verification slip to enable us investigate further

ADESIYAN: My name is Adesiyan, I am one of the federal pensioners from Osun State. My problem is that I have tried to confirm my “I’M ALIVE” programme for more 10 times. The message comes back as ‘Verification Failed and Faces do not Match’. What can I do to solve this problem?

PTAD: Pensioner contacted and advised to locate a cyber café to do fingerprint option.

ANONYMOUS:  Good day, I will like to know if my father is eligible for pension under Defined Benefit Scheme (DBS). He was appointed on July 3, 1989 and was removed on April 27, 1999.

PTAD: No name and details provided.

ABDULLAHI: I am Abdullahi from Jos Plateau State. My father was a staff of the Ministry of Defence, civilian units for 16 years before he died in 1995. I have attended various screening and verifications and the last one was in Jos in 2017. I have submitted all the required documents for the payment of gratuity and pension benefits as a Next of Kin (NOK), but up to no avail. In 2020 I was called from PTAD to submit some documents including bank account details which I did. From your publication of my case, PTAD is asking for is verification number which I scanned and sent since then. I hope Omobola will assist me.

PTAD: NOK should provide deceased name and bank statement.

OPADEJI: Good day, I thank you for the humanitarian job you are doing to correct anomaly arising from pension payment to pensioners. Please help me out of my predicament. My name is Opadeji. I retired from NITEL on January 21, 2001 on grade level 14 as senior manager. I participated in the NITEL verification exercise in 2001 and PTAD verification exercise in 2005 respectively. In 2005, when I was going for pensioners verification exercise, my documents were missing and I sworn to an affidavit on the loss of the documents. On the basis of the loss, PTAD placed me on grade level 9 and I sent complaint emails to PTAD several times but no action was taken on my complaint email. I, therefore, took the risk of traveling to Abuja PTAD office when the original copy of letter of promotion was delivered to me by a good Samaritan. My salary was subsequently readjusted to grade level 14 but less than my salary before the verification exercise and also far less than the pension being paid to my colleagues on the same GL 14. Therefore, I sent many complaint emails but returned undelivered perhaps my emails have been blocked. Since then, I have accepted my fate. Now that I have the opportunity to forward my complaint through you to PTAD, I shall be grateful if my complaint can be treated with utmost concern. Thank you.

PTAD: Pensioner is on payroll. Pensioner’s grade level readjusted from grade level 9 to 14 step 10. He should provide Bank Statement from January 2018 to date for reconciliation.

MRS DORATHY: I am Mrs. Dorathy.  I am an old woman with bad sight and have difficulty in moving around.

  I worked at the then P&T. My date of first appointment was September 22, 1962 and my date of retirement was June 1, 1986.

   I have not been captured.

 Please help me.

PTAD: Support team will contact pensioner to resolve complaint

DUROJAYE: Thank you for your reply in The Nation of August 2023 on my shortpayment of my federal pension since 2015.

As requested, I have sent my bank statements since 2015 through email to PTAD on July 3, 2023.

PTAD: Work in progress.

ANNONYMOUS: Hello sir, my name is Kiriki. My federal pension has not been paid since February 2022 to date. When my pension number is slotted into the computer system, it showed number: ‘does not exist’.

I retired from MDA: TESCOM, Akure Ondo State, (Education). My date of first Appointment was January 1, 1972.

PTAD: Pensioner to wait for reinstatement to payroll before retryingADAJI: Hello, The Nation. PTAD, through the newspaper in one of the Wednesdays in June 2022 at page 26 confirmed that my gratuity had been computed for payment.

I have been waiting patiently since then and nothing happened.

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Help me request that PTAD to release my gratuity.

PTAD: Pensioner to provide verification slip to enable us investigate further

ADESIYAN: My name is Adesiyan, I am one of the federal pensioners from Osun State. My problem is that I have tried to confirm my “I’M ALIVE” programme for more 10 times. The message comes back as ‘Verification Failed and Faces do not Match’. What can I do to solve this problem?

PTAD: Pensioner contacted and advised to locate a cyber café to do fingerprint option.

ANONYMOUS:  Good day, I will like to know if my father is eligible for pension under Defined Benefit Scheme (DBS). He was appointed on July 3, 1989 and removed on April 27, 1999.

PTAD: No name and details provided.

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: There was incomplete documentation at the time of verification. NoK is requested to come forward with these documents: Enlistment form, emolument form; Letter of Administration, Marriage Certificate; Introduction Letter from Last Command; Valid Means of Identification; NoK’s Birth Certification; and NoK’s BVN.

ABDULLAHI: I am Abdullahi from Jos Plateau State. My father was a staff mrmber of the Ministry of Defence, Civilian Unit for 16 years before he died in 1995.

I have attended various screening and verifications and the last one was in Jos in 2017. I have submitted the required documents for payment of gratuity and pension benefits as a Next-of-Kin (NoK), but  so far, nothing has come out.

In 2020, I was called from PTAD to submit some documents, including bank account details, which I did. From your publication of my case, PTAD is asking for the verification number which I scanned and sent since then.

I hope Omobola will assist me.

PTAD: NoK should provide deceased name and bank statement.

The Association of Retired Federal Senior Public Officers of Nigeria (ARFESPON) has called on the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) to revert to the use of the pay structure recommended by the Salaries and Wages Commission.

Chairman, ARFESPON, Lagos Chapter, Mr Olufemi Odewabi,  made the call at the group’s meeting in Lagos.

 He said the structure is disadvantegous to them because it short pays them.

The group urged PTAD to  implement Section 173 of the Constitution, which advocates automatic increase in benefits when there was one for government workers.

It claimed that PTAD had vowed not to implement the section if there was no salary increase for civil servants.

It noted that their appeal for  harmonisation of benefits had been swept under the carpet.

He urged the Executive Secretary of PTAD, Dr Chioma Ejikeme, to cease the opportunity of her second coming as PTAD Executive Secretary to   correct some anomalies in the Directorate.

Odewabi lamented that most of the promises given to pensioners by Federal Government through PTAD had remained unfulfilled.

He cited the harmonisation of benefits, saying PTAD had told them it had set up a committee on it since January, last year but that nothing has been done to harmonise pensioners’ benefits.

He also said in January, this year, the 40 per cent increase on workers’ allowances was effected which PTAD ought to have paid pensioners.

He highlighted the payment of palliatives, saying it had not been paid to them.

He said based on the PTAD table, a level 15 officer receives the benefit meant for level 12 officer.

He said the executive members of the group had engaged PTAD several times, but that nothing came out of it.

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He urged PTAD to pensioners’ benefits.

He added: “There is also delay in payment of some of our members’ retirement entitlement. They only pay the monthly entitlements but delay the payment of the lump sum entitlements of some of our members. For instance, one of our members had his entitlement lump sum paid 20 years after his death whereas he has been going for the payment and PTAD has been delaying in whatever findings it was making before the payment.”

PTAD spokesman, Mr. Olugbenga Ajayi, however, said the Directorate had never adjusted pensioners’ monthly benefit downward due to lack of funds.

On underpayment, he said the Directorate is not under paying any pensioner.

He explained that what the Directorate did was to re-compute  the amount paid to pensioner to ensure nobody is under or over paid.

He also said payments are authorised by the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, not PTAD.

Ajayi further said there was pension increment in 2019 contrary to the claim of by ARFESPON, adding that the next salary increase is next year – the next  pension increment.

AKEREDOLU: Good day, we have not heard of the plan for

   the payment of palliatives for federal pensioners.

 It will be highly appreciated if you can brief us on this through the newspaper.

NKANU: My name is Nkanu. I retired on February 29, 1995 from University of Jos (UNIJOS). I have not received my pension for September.

LABESA: I am Labesa from Kaduna State. I am among the pensioners that enjoy federal share.

I retired since July 2007 and I have been receiving my monthly pension regularly. Thanks to God and PTAD.

 My problem is on the non-payment of my gratuity only. I forwarded complaints on the non-payment of shortage of monthly pension and gratuity in March 2022 which I attached my bank statements from July 2007 to March 2022.

To the glory of God, the arrears of the monthly pension were paid in November 2022. But the gratuity has not been paid.

Kindly check and take action.

TANGSHAK: My name is Tangshak. I worked at the Plateau State Civil Service and I retired on March 20, 2007 with the federal share gratuity, which has not been paid to me to this date.

My pension salary, then, was N4,641.76 for the first 23 months – April 1, 2007 to February 29, 2009  amounting to N106,760.36. Added to the gratuity above is the sum of N210,989.76, leaving a grand total of N317,750.12.

Help me to get PTAD to pay me this total amount.

OYENIYI: Dear Omobola, my name is Oyeniyi, and my employer was Ahmadu Bello Uniersity (ABU) Zaria owned by the Federal Goernment.

I retired on December 1998 and I am still alive.

I received a text message from PTAD on March 22, 2023 asking me to go and do ‘I AM ALIVE.’

I did this on June 13, 2023. The reply from PTAD was: “Your recent ‘I AM ALIVE’ confirmation was successful. Your ‘I AM ALIVE’ confirmation number is VO638222491, 1904907697608.”

Another message from PTAD again on September 2, 2023 reads: “Your ‘I AM ALIVE’ confirmation number is Anonymous.”

To my surprise, my monthly pension was stopped from March  to July 2023 (taht is, five months). I was restated to monthly pension from August 2023.

I sent my son to PTAD in June 2023 to complain. They promised that the arrears would be repaid along with September 2023 pension payment.

But alas, only September 2023 pension was paid. I have sent my bank statements (Union Bank Plc) from March to July 2023 to PTAD.

Also sent was my bank verification.

I seek your help so that my five months’ arrears will be paid as soon as possible.

Thank you and God bless.

KIRIKI: Hello, my name is Kiriki. My MDA is TESCOM, Akure, Ondo State.

My federal pension has not been paid since February 2022.

When I put my pension number into the computer system, it showed that it does not exist. I believe that my name has been mistakenly omitted from the PTAD payroll.

Kindly help me.

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INNOCENT: Good day, I am Innocent. I worked with the Akwa Ibom State Internal Revenue Service.

My date of first appointment was February 15, 1971. I retired on February 15, 2006.

The federal share of my gratuity has not been paid since my retirement in 2006.

TEKENA: Dear Omobola, I am Tekena, the next-of-kin to the late Mrs Martha, my mother.

She died in active service while working at the University of Port Harcourt, Teaching Hospital (UPTH) in 2005.

Because I was not up to  25 years, I couldn’t access her entitlements.

I am now over 25 years old. I started processing her benefits in 2020 at UPTH and have presented the documents required.

But till date, her benefits have not been paid. UPTH says PTAD is the cause of the delay.

Please I seek help.

DUROJAYE: My name is Durojaye. Thank you for publishing  the short-payment of my federal pension of N4,261.17 and N12,867.24, since 2015.

On September 6, 2023, it was stated that I didn’t reply the demand of providing bank statements whereas I didn’t receive any information on that.

Please note that I sent my bank statements on May 17, 2023 through an email to PTAD and they acknowledged receiving it on June 13.

FAWEHINMI: I worked at RBNL, UAC Division from 1975 to 1978 before I left.

I want to know when I am due to for pension for my 13 years’ service. Please advise me.

OJEDIRAN: Good day, my name is Ojediran. I retired in 1994. I learnt that PTAD has harmonised the pension allowance of Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Deputy Inspector- General of Police (DIG) and Assistant Inspector-General Police (AIG). But left the position of Commissioner of Police to rank and file. Please what is the correct position on this? Thanks. THE NATION: The newspaper will intervene. Therefore AKEREDOLU, NKANU, LABESA, TANGSHAK, OYENIYI, KIRIKI, INNOCENT, TEKENA, DUROJAYE should look out for the newspaper next week for responses from PTAD.