PTAD attending to 11,000 complaints from pensioners–Executive Secretary
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Complaints
By Yakubu Uba
Yola, Nov. 30, 2016 (NAN) The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) said that it received 11,000 complaints from pensioners since the commencement of the on-going nationwide verification on Monday.
PTAD announced this on Wednesday in a statement by its Executive Secretary, Mrs Sharon Ikeazor, in Yola.
The statement stated that the complaints were from the concluded exercise for pensioners in North West and South East Zones where over 28, 352 pensioners were verified.
It said that so far 4, 438 of the complaints had been cleared with those involved paid their outstanding arrears.
“After necessary computations and further checks by government auditors, the management of PTAD this November approved the payment of the pension arrears of 4,438 pensioners who have been completely omitted from monthly pension and have endured long years of neglect and suffering.”
The statement also explained that the current verification in theNorth East, where about 6,000 pensioners would be verified, would last up to Dec. 6. (NAN)
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Edited by Idris Abdulrahman