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Niger govt to commence automation of pensions

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Niger State Government says it will soon begin the automation of all pensions at the state and local government levels made part of its reform agenda.

Governor Umaru Bago disclosed this at a two-day Human Right Protection Sensitisation Workshop/Seminar on Labour Productivity in Nigeria. The workshop took place at the Nigerian Union Teachers’ Secretariat in Minna.

Protection of Law and Justice Foundation and Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Niger State Council, in collaboration with the state Ministry of Local Government, Community Development and Chieftaincy Affairs.

Bago, represented by his Deputy Comrade Yakubu Garba, directed the NLC to take the headcount of all the pensioners in the state and submit the data to the state government.

He explained further that the automation would help to ascertain the actual number of pensioners. He said that it would also help to strengthen the system, especially in areas of missing funds, leakages and underpayment. Bago directed all those employed between 1993 and 2007 to go to their various Pension Fund Administration (PFA) for biometric capturing and thumb printing.

He added that they should also obtain a statement of account to be submitted to the pension board to enable them to claim their savings. He said that the exercise would last for two months and that defaulters would be declared ghost workers.

The governor also emphasised that a consultant had been contracted to handle the automation initiative, just as he commended the cordial relationship existing between the state government and NLC.

He, however, appealed to residents of the state to be patient with the government, especially over the ongoing reforms.

In a remark, the state NLC Chairman, Comrade Idrees Lafene, said the workshop was on labour and industrial relationships, assuring that the state council of NLC would give its full support and loyalty to the state government in areas that would bring about development to the state.

Highlight of the event was the award of the Certificate of National Ambassador, Human Rights Protection, Rule of Law and Justice to the deputy governor by the foundation.

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