Three pensioners on Tuesday collapsed during a pension verification exercise in Yenagoa, Bayelsa.
The Chairperson, Bayelsa Pensions Board, Mrs. Jane Aleke confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
She said the pensioners had been rushed to the Government House Clinic, Yenagoa and were responding to treatment.
Aleke said the verification exercise was not meant to inconvenience the retirees but to enable the board to update its data on pensioners in the state.
She appealed for calm among the retirees and assured that every pensioner would be captured in the exercise.
“This is about the management of wealth and you know in paying them, the state government cannot just begin to pay with guess work or estimated numbers, we cannot do that as a government.
“We are ready to reach all the local government areas in the state. We have started with Yenagoa, for those of them who are sick and cannot walk, we will definitely go to their houses, ‘’ she said.