Pension, gratuity, death benefits gulp N19.9bn in 1 year – Kaduna pension Bureau

From Femi Oyelola Kaduna

Kaduna State Government said, that within the first year under the administration of Governor Uba Sani, spent N19.9 billion on pension, gratuity, and death benefits of its civil servants.
Executive Secretary, of Kaduna Pension Bureau, Professor Salamatu Idris Isah stated this yesterday at a One Day Sensitization on Data Recapture Exercise for Kaduna State Public Servants under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS).
The sensitization which was organized by the Kaduna State Pension Bureau in collaboration with the Pension Funds Administrators (PFAs) Operating in the State, has in attendance representatives of civil servants from all the MDAs in the state.
Speaking to journalists shortly after the program where the PFAs and officials of the Pension Bureau made presentations on the importance of accurate data to seamless pension payments, Professor Isah urged the civil servants to perfect their records to avoid challenges after retirement.
She said though the state was still facing the challenge of inherited pension liabilities, the Pension Bureau boss said, the state had between May 2023 and May 2024, expended N13 billion on the state monthly pension scheme and local government pension.
Professor Salamatu Isah also said a total sum of N6.9 billion has been expended on gratuity payments within the same period.
According to her, “the essence of the program is to ensure that, all Kaduna Civil Servants are well documented by the Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) because that is the only way to ensure a seamless receipt of retirement their retirement benefits.
“We want to from now prevent the challenges of errors in names, BVN not tallying with name, or National Identity Number (NIN) not captured.”