Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has approved the inclusion of 2,673 new retirees into the monthly pension payment scheme of the state government.
This, in addition to the 15,400 pensioners presently receiving monthly pensions in the state, brings the number of pensioners on state’s monthly payroll to 18,073.
A statement by the Director-General, Rivers State Pension Board, Ijeoma Samuel, on Sunday said the Governor gave the approval to include the new retirees following the completion of their biometric data capture.
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The statement disclosed that the biometric capture was ongoing for public servants retiring between August and December 2019.
It said that an ICT Department would soon start the biometric verification exercise for the next batch of retiring public servants.
Samuel lauded the governor for his decision which according to her, “has given the pensioners a new song for the Christmas and New Year.”
