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  • PTAD: Resolving pensioners’ issues

    PTAD: Resolving pensioners’ issues

    Sunday: Good day, my name is Sunday from Cross River State. My father died on July 10, 2005 while in the Nigeria Police Force. He is the late Inspector Okimba. His last place of service was Akwa-Ibom State.

      I went on to process his entitlement as his next- of-kin (NoK) 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 with these additional 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, the Plateau State capital. My father was a staff member of the Ministry of Defence, Civilian Unit for 16 years before he died in 1995.

    I have attended various screening and verification and the last one was in Jos in 2017. I have submitted the required documents for the payment of gratuity and pension benefits as a Next of Kin (NoK), but 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 to them.

    Please, assist me.

    PTAD: NoK should provide the deceased’s name and bank statement.

    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 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 my 35 service years in Lagos State.

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    My complaints are: 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.

    ONOH: My name is Onoh. I retired from the Ministry of Public Utility on May 6, 2004. This is a reminder on my call for help on the non-payment of my gratuity and monthly pension. Help me solve this problem of non-payment of my gratuity and 75 months’ pension allowance, which has lingered for years, despite my complaints at several pension verification.

    I am from Cross River State. My gratuity is N244,336.32 and monthly pension is N6,244.14. I was placed on pension payroll in September 2010, leaving 75 months behind. This amounts to N468,310.513. Total money owed, including gratuity, is N712,646.82. Thanks in anticipation of your kind support.

    PTAD: Bank statement is required from May 5, 2004 to date

    OPADEJI: Good day, my name is Opadeji. I retired from NITEL on January 21, 2001 on Grade Level 14 as a senior manager. I participated in the NITEL verification in 2001 and PTAD verification exercise in 2005.

    In 2005, when I was going for pensioners’ verification, my documents got missing. I swore to an affidavit on the loss.

    As a result, PTAD placed me on Grade Level 9. I sent complaint emails to PTAD several times, but no action was taken on my complaints.

    I had to travel to the PTAD headquarters in Abuja. Later, the original copy of the 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 and also far less than the pension being paid to my colleagues on the same GL 14.

    Based on this, I sent complaint emails but returned, perhaps my emails had 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 steps 10. He should provide Bank Statement from January 2018 to date for reconciliation.

    DUROJAYE:  Hello, my name is Durojaye.  Thank you for the publications of my complaint of short payment of my pension federal share since 2015, on August 24 and 31 August 2022. Please reactivate my current federal share of pension. Please I expect a positive action.

    PTAD: Pensioner was called severally but no response. Pensioner should provide Bank Statements from 2015 to Date to authenticate his complaint.

    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.

  • Our plight under CPS, NUP, by pensioner

    Our plight under CPS, NUP, by pensioner

    The Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) only attends to the needs of those in the old pension scheme under the management of Pension Transitional Directorate Department (PTAD).

     It has thus left pensioners of the new pension scheme under the management of the National Pension Commission (PenCom) in the cold.

    A pensioner, Gbadebo Olatokunbo, stated this in  article entitled: “NUP crocodile tears”.

    According to him, the abandonment has led to the exodus of many Federal Government’s agencies from the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS).

    Olatokunbo, also a co-founder, the Nigerian Shareholders Solidarity Association (NSSA), said some of those who left the CPS are pensioners of the civil service, Military, Police, Custom and, recently, National Assembly.

    He stated that since NUP catered only for her members in the old scheme under PTAD, contributory pensioners became an orphan.

    He however, expressed satisfaction with President Bola Tinubu, who recently announced the implementation of the recent fuel subsidy removal palliatives to pensioners.

    He recalled: “The challenges of CPS pensioners started when the scheme was introduced in 2007. The Federal Government did not include many benefits enjoyed then till date by pensioners under PTAD for pensioners under PenCom.

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    “While the constitution says that Federal Government’s pensioners must enjoy the same privileges on welfare and salary adjustment, NUP that represented pensioners didn’t see CPS pensioners as their subject matter and, therefore, failed to carry us along.

    “This has mostly contributed to the oversights and lapses of the Federal Government at the inception of the new scheme.

    “We have written to government agencies on our issues, yet no solution despite that we  served the same government. Because while old scheme pensioners were enjoying some benefits, the new scheme pensioners were left in the desert.

    “The NUP member is on the Board of PenCom, but is only representing the interest of old pensioners under pretending that we do not exist. In the same vein, we wish to make it known that PenCom is aware of our challenges but seems reluctant to act because the PenCom Act does not empower it to do so.”

    Noting the challenges, Olatokunbo said the issue of progression in the benefits of pensioners every five years as stated in the constitution (Section 173 (3)) has not been implemented since July 1, 2007, while pensioners with PTAD have been enjoying same benefit almost eight times till date.

    Another issue, he said, is: “The contributory pensioners that choose the option of life annuity are being treated like an outcast. This started following a policy direction by PenCom that created fears in contributory pensioners and they had to look for cover under annuity in the insurance companies.

    “Now that the issue of palliative to vulnerable contributory pensioners has suddenly woken up the NUP from its slumber, we hope that the government will not be deceived with the current activities of NUP as representatives of all pensioners in the country. We believe they are only interested in the palliative.

    “Also, now that we have a listening government, contributory pensioners should appreciate them.’’

     while l appeal further that there were several anomalies in the new pension scheme of contributory pensioners that could not be left with PenCom without the Acts of the National Assembly to make it workable in the interest of the vulnerable contributory pensioners; while the helping hands of the NUP; despite their selfishness and other government agencies could should not be overlooked in achieving the objective.’’

    Another pensioner, Elder Ladipo David, lamented that the removal of fuel subsidy and inflation have eroded their pension income, rendering them helpless.

    He, however, commended President Tinubu, for being sympathetic to their plight.

    “We, pensioners, appreciate the efforts of President Tinubu, particularly on salary increases that guarantees increased pension.

    “President Tinubu has, in addition, said minimum wage must reflect reality. We are hopeful for the best under the administration.”

    He charged PenCom Director-General, Mrs. Dahir-Umar, to continue to work on the shortcomings of the CPS to make it more attractive.

  • PTAD: Resolving pensioners’ issues

    PTAD: Resolving pensioners’ issues

    EKOP: Good day, I am Ekop Andem Emah from Akwa Ibom State. I am among the federal share beneficiary.

      I retired since 2007 and I have been receiving regular monthly pension.

      My complaint is on non-payment of gratuity. As requested, I have sent my bank statements since 2007 to PTAD Thank you.

    OLAWUNMI:Dear Omobola, my name is Olawunmi. My complaint is on the stoppage of my pension payment since August 2020.

    I retired from News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) as Assistant Editor-in-Chief on Grade L 14, Step 10 on January 1, 1997.

    I was verified in Lagos on July 26, 2023.

    Please, when can I expect my pension payment to be reinstated? Thank you.

    ELLIS: My name is Ellis, I still have not received any response from PTAD on what to do? My brother Kelvin and I have not been paid since our verification in 2015 by PTAD in lagos. We are Next of Kin to Francis, a police officer.

    OJO: My name is Ojo and my employer is the Federal Goverment. I retired on December 31, 1992 and I am still alive. I had a serious accident at the end of august. I have sent my details to PTAD but I do not know when they will respond to my request after sending all the details requested to them. I am on a sick bed. Kindly help me.

    SAKA: Dear Omobola, I have been going to the business centre since July 1, 2020 to do “I am ALIVE” verification and each time I am not captured. I am sick and cannot walk properly.

    Please what can I do now? Thanks and God bless.

    ADEKUNLE: Dear Omobola,  some pensioners and I who were verified since January 20I8 are yet to receive our pension from PTAD. This has overruled the circular number B633O4XIII-879 of June 29, I992.

    The report of the panel is with the Bureau of Pubic Enterprises (BPE) and l believed that PTAD will also have a copy. I thank you and your good office.

    KIRIKI: Hello, Omobola Pension Solution. Can you help me out with my pension matter that has been pending since February 2022 to date?

    I am Kiriki. My federal pension was stopped in February 2022. I have made several complaints to PTAD via the website all to no avail.

    My date of first appointment (federal) was January 1, 1972 to March 31, 1976 at Secondary Mission School, Zion Opuba. The date of retirement was December 31, 2006.

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    When my pension number was slotted into the computer system, it showed that the number did not exist.

    I have imputed my PTAD verification number and account number several times, yet the system brings out “The number did not exist”.

    It may likely be that my name has been mistakenly omitted from the PTAD payroll.

    UDOM:My name is Udom. I worked at the Akwa Ibom State Internal Revenue Service.

    My date of first appointment was February15, 1971. I retired on February 15, 2006.

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

    NIMENGOKA: Dear Omobola, I am Nimengoka. I reside Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

    I am the Next-of-kin to the late Mrs Martha, my mother.

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

    Because I was not up to 25 years, I could not access her money, the reason it lingered till date.

    Now, I am more than 25. Indeed,  I started processing her burial expenses from 2020 at UPTH and have finished the documentation. Yet, my mother’s burial expenses have not been paid.

    The UPTH says PTAD is delaying the payment. I seek your  help.

    DUROJAYE: Dear Omobola, thanks for your publications of the short-payment of my federal pension of N4,261.17 and N12,867.24, since 2015.

    They were published five times, including the one of Wednesday, September 6, 2023, stating that I didn’t reply to the demand of providing bank statements.

    I didn’t receive any information on that.

    Please note that I had sent my  bank statements on May 17, 2023 through an email to PTAD, which receipt was acknowledged on June 13. Please check for confirmation.

    ARASIYU: I am Arasiyu. My pension has not been paid since may 2019. Kindly help me.

    THE NATION: The newspaper will intervene. Therefore Ekop, Olawunmi, Ellis, Ojo, Saka, Adekunle; Kiriki; UDOM, Nimengoke, Durojaiye, and Arasiyu should look out for the newspaper next week for responses from PTAD.

  • PTAD, NHIA to provide pensioners health insurance

    PTAD, NHIA to provide pensioners health insurance

    The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) is fine-tuning the modalities for the kick-off of the health insurance cover for pensioners under the Defined Benefit Scheme (DBS) with the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA)

    The Acting Executive Secretary, PTAD, Mr Sulayman Shelleng, told reporters this after holding a follow-up meeting with the NHIA.

    The NHIA team collaborating with PTAD on the rollout of the health palliative, according to him, was led by the Acting Director, N. C. Makwe, and Dr. K. Eteng.

    He stated that the deal would be leveraging the ongoing “I Am Alive” confirmation  for verified and pay-rolled pensioners to enrol pensioners.

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    He said the Directorate will commence the pilot programme with those DBS pensioners who are verified on the payroll, and have successfully confirmed their status.

    Shelleng said the beneficiaries of the pilot phase will have access to basic health services through selected hospitals closest to the pensioners’ community of abode.

    He said: “The NHIA team among other things presented the modalities and timelines to actualise the enrolment of PTAD pensioners drawn from across the four operational departments.

    “Plans were further discussed around organising pensioner sensitisation in the pilot states of Kaduna and Oyo to make it ease the onboarding process for pensioners,” he added.

    They assured the PTAD team that they will work with the HMO to ensure that the Primary Health Care providers in the local communities deliver services empathetically to the DBS pensioners.

  • PTAD: Resolving pensioners’ issues

    PTAD: Resolving pensioners’ issues

    OYIBO: Good day, I am Oyibo. I retired from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

      I received the PTAD’s response in The Nation dated July 30, 2022, which states that my pension arrears are being computed.

      Please, I am still waiting for the payment of the eight year’s arrears and to be enrolled on the monthly payroll.

      Thank you.

    PTAD: Pensioner to provide a letter of introduction signed by a Director from his former MDA.

    TAUHID: My name is Tauhid. I am a state pensioner with a Federal share.

    I retired as a Director on Grade Level 16 step 9 in May 2009 and was verified in Niger State in December 2017.

    I have made attempts to visit PTAD office at Maitama, Abuja.

    I have sent many people to facilitate the payment of my federal share of gratuity.

    I complained in The Nation of October 19, 2016, but all to no avail. I have exercised patience.

     I suffer from two serious diseases. Please help me so that PTAD can pay me.

    Thank you.

    PTAD: Pensioner to provide details of the MDA, verification slip and bank statement since December 2022 and has agreed to submit.

    FASHAKIN: Dear Omobola, after reading your column in The Nation, I decided to contact you.

    My name is Fashakin, I retired from the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC).

    Seventeen years after our retirement, the NRC management only paid part of our entitlement.

    Several letters had been written and efforts made to get our legitimate right but they were rebuffed by the management.

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    Then, we engaged 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 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) On January 11, this year.

    We waited for EFCC to call us for investigation, according to our lawyer, but none came.

    And 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 said.

    I would be glad if you could step in.

    Thank you.

    PTAD: Pensioner did not state nature of complaint. He did not respond to phone calls. He could contact PTAD.

    OWOEYE: Dear Omobola, I am Owoeye. I complained about the backlog of pension arrears to PTAD and I sent documents through Gmail.com to your office on December 31, 2020.

    My complaints are the omission on payroll from January 2000 to February 2005; short-payment from February 1, 2005 till date (N419,315.10).

    The PTAD officer, who handled my file, ignored my bank statement and every complaint I made was underlined and asterisk in the bank statement.

    Also, the harmonisation approved by the Federal Government was not extended to me.

    PTAD: Mr. Owoeye should provide detailed bank statement from retirement till date.

    NKANU: My name is Nkanu. I retired on February 29, 1995 from the University of Jos. I have not received my pension salary for May.

    PTAD: Mr. Nkanu’s pension has been paid.

    RAPAEL: Good day, please I want to know why text message is sent to me every five months to confirm whether I am alive while other people are not bothered like me. The only one other pensioner that gets such messages is in Akwa Ibom. I am not happy over it, the text should be general not to two selected people. Thank you.

    PTAD: The messages are error. Kindly ignore.

  • PTAD pays N846.1m to pensioners

    PTAD pays N846.1m to pensioners

    • By OmobolaTolu-Kusimo

    The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has paid N846.147 million to 2,730 pensioners of the Civil service Pension Department of an accrued arrears and gratuity owed the pensioners, its  Acting Executive Secretary, Mr. Sulayman Shelleng, has said.

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    In a statement, he said the arrears ranged from previously verified pensioners not on the payroll, those who did not receive their gratuity on retirement and failed payments on the GIFMIS platform.

    He said the payment would continue until the arrears were paid.

    He assured other pensioners who were yet to receive their arrears to remain as every one would be attended to.

  • PTAD: Resolving pensioners’ issues

    PTAD: Resolving pensioners’ issues

    ADEDZWA: My name is Adedzwa, a retired Professor from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. I did verification in Jos and was given a pension number.

    Last week I received an SMS to validate “I Am Alive ” with the same pension number. When I logged in, I was directed to use my fingerprint which I did. But each time, a message is displayed that my pension number should not be more than 15 characters. But then, I was given 28 characters. Please help me.

    PTAD: Pensioner not responding to our call.

    GABRIEL: Our dear Omobola, thank you and The Nation for the help. I am appealing to you to help me solve my problem: It is a lingering mistake on the payment of my monthly pension since July 30, 2021. My pension was increased from N25,817.54 to N36,722,37. The increase was paid for only two months – May and June 2021 – after which the increase of N10,904.85 was reduced by N5,237.250 from N36,722.37 to N31,485. 14. The N31,485.14 was paid from August 2021 to date. The deduction is 17 months. Total amount is N89,033.25. Please, help me.

    PTAD: Pensioner is being paid correctly, his monthly pension was recomputed using the approved salary structure.

    OLAWUNMI: I am Olawunmi. My complaint is about the stoppage of my pension payments since August 2020. I retired from NAN as Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Grade L 14, Step 10 on January 1, 1997. I did verification in Lagos on July 26, this year. Please, when can I expect my pension payment to be reinstated? Thank you.

    PTAD: Pension department is working to resolve the complaint

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    OLORUNMAIYE: Hello, my name is Olorunmaiye and my complaint is on the ‘I AM ALIVE’ programme of PTAD. The problem is that my verification failed because they said my account number is different. I have attached a checkleaf and credit alert of my July salary to my account number. Please expedite action and ensure my verification is successful soonest.

    PTAD: Pensioner to provide his verification slip for further investigation.

    EMMANUEL: My name is Adeniyi, a Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) pensioner. Kindly let me know why the July 2023 pension has not been paid. Thank you in advance for prompt attention. I need money to buy food and pay electricity bills.

    PTAD: Pension payment was delayed for some pensioners but has been paid now.

    MRS JULIANAH: I am Mrs Julianah. I retired from Neuro Psychiatric Hospital, Abeokuta on September 1, 1999. While filling in the ‘I’m Alive’ form and getting the Name of Bank and Account number, what shows is ‘VALUE CANNOT BE NULL, PARAMETER NAME IN ARRAY’. This has been happening since last Wednesday. Kindly help me.

    PTAD: Pensioner contacted and advised to go to the nearest PTAD office for recapturing.

    OMONIYI: My name is Omoniyi. I retired from the Neuro Psychiatric Hospital in 2000. My pension was stopped in October 2019. I was verified by PTAD on April 5, 2022 and issued a pension number. But up till now, I have not been restored to the pension payroll. I will be grateful to hear from you.

    PTAD: Pensioner complaint being resolved.

    OGBEIDE: My name is Ogbeide. l noticed that I have not been receiving my monthly payment as of July 2023 and I have done my ‘I Am Alive Confirmation’.

    PTAD: Pension payment was delayed for some pensioners but has been paid now.

    USMAN: My name is Usman from Kano State. I was among the Federal Share beneficiaries for six years (1970 to 1976). I am among the beneficiaries of pension arrears paid for the increment made in 2019, 2020, and a part of 2021. My first batch and a third of the amount deducted from the second batch arrears paid in June 2021. I was made to understand that the non-payment of my arrears was due to an over payment of monthly pension share made to me in November 2020 of N162,808:74 instead of my November monthly amount of N10,287:22.

    I have sent my request for the release of my arrears of about N95,000 through your PTAD Coordinator Office, Kano on September 28, 2021 and I attached a photo copy of UBA draft cheque as refund of overpayment to me, which amounted to N152,521:52. Kindly help me.

    PTAD: Working on complaints.

    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 the 30th April 2004.

     The date of my first appointment at Epe Division Grammar School, Lagos State is 1st June,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 organization to help us. God bless you.

    PTAD: The Directorate would require your bank statement from retirement to date.

  • PTAD gets new Ag. ES

    PTAD gets new Ag. ES

    Mr. Sulayman Shelleng has appointed the Acting Executive Secretary of PTAD.

    He was the most senior Director in the Directorate and head, Civil Service Pension Department.

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    He took over from Dr. Chioma Ejikeme, who has completd her  four-year tenure.

    PTAD Head, Corporate Communications, Mr. Olugbenga Ajayi  confirmed the development.

  • PTAD: Resolving Pensioners’ Issues

    PTAD: Resolving Pensioners’ Issues

    IDOWU: Good day, my name is Idowu.This is a reminder to  you that I have sent my scanned verification details to PTAD as directed since July 22, 2021 but I have not received any response.

      Recall that I retired 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 was June 1,1969.

     I spent 35 years in Lagos State. 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.

    ONOH: My name is Onoh. I am from Cross River State. I retired from the Ministry of Public Utility on May 6, 2004. This is a reminder on my call for help over the non-payment of gratuity and monthly pension.

     I humbly beg you to help me solve this problem and the 75 months’ pension allowance, which has lingered for years, despite my complaints at several pension verification exercises.

     My gratuity is N244,336.32 and monthly pension is N6,244.14.

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    I was placed on pension payroll in September 2010, leaving 75 months behind. This amounts to N468,310.513.

    Total money owed, including gratuity is N712,646.82. Thanks, in anticipation of your kind support.

    PTAD: Bank statement is required from May 5, 2004 to date

    OPADEJI: Good day, I thank you for the humanitarian job you are doing to correct the anomaly arising from payment to pensioners.

    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 in 2001 and that of PTAD in 2005.

    In 2005, when I was going for verification, 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 nine and I sent complaint emails to PTAD several times but no action was taken on my complaint email.

    I, therefore, took the risk of travelling 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 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.

    DUROJAYE:  Hello, my name is Durojaye.  Thank you for the publications of my complaint on the short-payment of my pension federal share since 2015, on August 24 and August 31, 2022.

    Please reactivate my federal share of pension. I expect a positive action.

    PTAD: Pensioner was called several times, but no response. Pensioner should provide Bank Statements from 2015 to date to authenticate his complaint.

    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 but was removed on April 27, 1999.

    PTAD: No Name and details provided.

    Sunday: Good day, my name is Sunday from Cross River State. My father, Inspector Okimba, died on July 10, 2005 in active service.

    His last place of service was 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 during verification. NOK is requested to forward these additional 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 member with 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 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 my verification number which I scanned and sent since then.

    I hope The Nation will assist me.

    PTAD: NOK should provide the deceased name and Bank statement.

    BEST: My name is Best, SOP retired. I retired in 2006.

    My complaint is on the short-payment of gratuity and pension. Table ‘B’ 268 per cent was used to compute my entitlement instead of 420 per cent for 31 years’ service. Gratuity paid was N1,665,569.08.

    PTAD: Pensioner is on overpayment recovery.

    WILLIAMS: This is to inform the officer concerned that I have not been receiving my monthly pension allowance since October 2021.

    I was paid last on September 29, 2021 and the amount was N11,514.39.

    I will be very grateful if this issue is corrected and the arrears paid up.

    PTAD: Local government employees, not qualified for pension under PTAD.

    ESIE: My name is Esie. Two years’ consequential arrears of pension were paid in four instalments. First instalment of nine months was paid to me. Second instalment of another nine months was also paid. The third instalment of three months was not paid. The fourth installment of three months was paid in June 2022. I therefore ask that the omitted three months arrears be paid to me.

  • PTAD: Resolving pensioners’ issues

    PTAD: Resolving pensioners’ issues

    Adedzwa: My name is Adedzwa, a retired Professor from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. I did verification in Jos and was given a pension number.

     Last week I received an SMS to validate “I AM ALIVE“ with the same pension number. When I logged in, I was directed to use my finger print which I did. But each time, a message is displayed that my pension number should not be more than 15 characters. But the one I was given is 28 characters. Please help me.

    GABRIEL: Our dear Omobola, thank you and the commission for the help.

    I am appealing to you to also help me correct the mistake on my monthly pension.

     From July 30, 2021 to date, my pension was increased from N25,817.54 to N36,722,37. This was paid for only two months – May and June 2021 – after which the increase of N10,904.85 was reduced by N5,237.250 from N36,722.37 to N31,485. 14.

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    The N31,485.14 is paid from August 2021 till now.The deduction is 17 months. Total amount is N89,033.25. Please, help me. 

    OLAWUNMI: I am Olawunmi. My complaint is on the stoppage of pension payment since August 2020. I retired from NAN as Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Grade L 14, Step 10 on January 1, 1997.

    I did verification in Lagos on July 26, 2023. Please, when can I expect my pension payment to be reinstated? Thank you.

    OLORUNMAIYE: Hello, my name is Olorunmaiye and my complaint is on the ‘I AM ALIVE’ programme of PTAD. The problem is that my verification failed because they said my account number is different. I have attached chequeleaf and credit alert of my July salary of my account number. Please expedite action and ensure my verification is successful soonest.

    EMMANUEL: My name is Adeniyi, a Federal Radio Coperation of Nigeria (FRCN) pensioner.

    Kindly let me know why July 2023 pension has not been paid.

    I need money to buy food and pay electricity bills.

    Thank you in advance for prompt attention.

    MRS JULIANAH: I am Mrs Julianah. I retired from the Neuro Psychiatric Hospital, Abeokuta on September 1,1999.

    While filling the ‘I AM Alive’ form, on getting to Name of Bank and Account number, what shows was: ‘Value Cannot Be Null, Parameter Name In Array’. This has been happening since Wednesday, last week. Kindly help me.

    OMONIYI: My name is Omoniyi. I retired from the Neuropsychiatric Hospital in 2000.

    My pension was stopped in October 2019. I was verified by PTAD on  April 5, 2022 and issued a pension number. But up till now, I have not been restored to the pension payroll. I will be grateful to hear from you.

    OGBEIDE: l noticed that I have not been receiving my monthly payment since July 2023 even though I have done my ‘I Am Alive’ Confirmation.

    USMAN: My name is Usman from Kano State. I am among the Federal Share beneficiary for six years from 1970 to 1976.

    I am among beneficiary of pension arrears paid for the increment made in the years of 2019, 2020, and a portion of 2021.

    My first batch and a third of the amount deducted from the Second batch arrears were paid in June 2021.

    I was made to understand that the non-payment of my arrears was held due to overpayment of monthly pension share made to me in November, 2020 of N162,808:74 instead of my November monthly amount of N10,287:22.

    I sent my request for the release of my arrears of about N95,000 through your PTAD Coordinator Office, Kano on September 28, 2021.

    I attached a photo copy of UBA bank Draft Cheque as refund of overpayment to me, amounting to N152,521:52. Kindly help me.

     MRS DORATHY: I am Mrs. Dorathy. I worked at the then P&T. I have not been captured in the ongoing excersise.

    My date of first appointment was September 22, 1962 and I retired on June 1, 1986.

    I am an old and frail looking woman with bad sight and difficulty in moving around. Please help me.

    DUROJAYE: Thank you for your reply in The Nation 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 an email to PTAD on July 3, 2023.

    KIRIKI: Hello, my name is Kiriki.  I retired from MDA: TESCOM, Akure Ondo State (Education). My date of first Appointment is January 1, 1972.

    My federal pension has not been paid since February 2022 to date. When my pension number is slotted into the computer system, it showed a number that does not exist.

    ADAJI: Hello, The Nation. PTAD, through your edition of Wednesday June, 2022, page 26 confirmed that my gratuity has been computed for payment.

    I have been waiting patiently since then, but nothing has been done.

    Help me appeal to the PTAD to release my gratuity.

    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” 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?

    THE NATION: The newspaper will intervene. Therefore ADESIYAN; ADAJI; MRS DORATHY; DUROJAYE; KIRIKI; EMMANUEL; MRS JULIANAH; OMONIYI; OGBEIDE; and USMAN should look out for the newspaper next week for responses from PTAD.