You've brought joy to Kwara, Pension Board Chair tells AbdulRazaq

Date: 2020-01-23

Kwara State Pension Board Executive Secretary Aliyu Boni Shuaibu has said Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has brought joy to senior citizens in the state following his timely payments of their entitlements since he assumed office in May last year.

"Pensioners in the state are praying for you because you have brought great joy to them and their families. Your timely release of their money has led to up to date payment of state pension. We have also started clearing gratuities from March, 2014 where the former government stopped. This is a great thing and we are very grateful to you," Shuaibu said on Tuesday evening when AbdulRazaq paid an impromptu visit to the Board in Ilorin, the state capital. The Pension Board chief said the state currently owes at least N11 billion in gratuities from the previous years.

He said the Board was getting N150 million monthly, which abruptly stopped long ago, until the Governor came in last May to restore the gratuities by paying N100 million monthly regularly.

He also commended AbdulRazaq for approving training and retraining of staff of officials of the Board through the office of the Head of Service. He however urged the Governor to consider enrolling Kwara State in the Contributory Pension Scheme to lessen the burden of debt.

In what has become a pattern of incognito visits to public facilities to be on top of issues, AbdulRazaq also visited the state secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists to inspect the facility and exchange ideas on its status with the leadership of the union.

The Governor, who arrived the facility unannounced in company of just his media aide and Aide-de-camp, said the government will rehabilitate the shaky building once he gets an expert report on its status. He was taken round the facility by the NUJ Chairman Umar Abdulwahab, following which he later took pictures with some citizens who saw him driving into the NUJ Centre.

The NUJ leadership called the visit a first by any Governor since 1999, commending him for his simplicity and efforts to rebuild the state. AbdulRazaq also visited the Herald newspaper building, where he interacted with its workers and leadership.

He said steps would be taken to ensure the viability of the medium, including strengthening its online presence in line with global trend.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ibrahim Taiwo     Jare Olatundun     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Gobir     Amuda Aluko     Ridwan Agboola     Ilorin Durbar     NaAllah     Kwara Polytechnic     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Samari     Tosho Yaqub     Abdullahi Biffo     GGDSS Pakata     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Mohammed Halidu     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     N-Power     Senate Presidency     V.O. Abioye     Kulende     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Ike Ekweremadu     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Abdulwahab Ololele     Musa Alhassan Buge     Offa Poly     Kehinde Baale     Aminat Omodara     Ekiti     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Awili Pedro     Gbemi Saraki     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Jelili Yusuf     Benin Republic     Idowu Laro     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Toyin Abdullahi     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Earlyon Technologies     KWTV     Logun     Habeeb Saidu     Kayode Ishola     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     CKNG     Yoruba     MINILS     Ayo Opadokun     Durosinlohun Kawu     Ishola Abdullahi     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Bashiru Makama     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Saka Aleshinloye     Okin Biscuits     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Ubandoma     Dunmade     Baba-Isale     Jimoh Bashir     Ibrahim Oniye     Umar Danladi Shero     Sango-UITH Road     Saduki Lafiagi     Post Utme     Toyin Falola     Basit Olatunji     Lukman Adeloyin     Ilorin Amusement Park    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Olosi Of Osi     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Amusa Bello     Dan-Kazeem     Jebba     Isaac Gbenle     Iponrin     Abraysports FC     National Information Technology Development Agency     Ethical College     Saidu Isa     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Omotoso Musa     Isiaka Gold     Lanre Olosunde     Elerin Of Adanla     Akorede     Sambo Murtala     Mamman Saba Jibril     Laboratory-to-Product     Ganmo     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Guber Aspirant     Harafat E. Mukadam     Shaaba Lafiagi     Share/Tsaragi     Abubakar Suleiman     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     KSIRS     3MTT     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Solomon Edojah     AGM Professional Services     Maryam Nurudeen     Curfew     SWAN     Gaa Olobi     Abdulkadir Jimoh     SGBN     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Oniyangi     Bankole Omisore     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Wahab Isa     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Kayode Alabi     Ahman Pategi University     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Segun Adeniyi     Bukola Saraki     Hijab     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Shettima     Kemi Adeosun     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Saka Abimbola Isau     Nnazua     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Isin     FERMA     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Muritala Olarewaju     Moses Adekanye     Reuben Paraje     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     ANCOPPS     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     John Kehinde Salako     Oyedepo     Abdulrasaq Alaro     QuickWin     CELF