Hope Uzodinma,
governor of Imo, says the names of those earning more than N330 million
annually as pension will be published soon.
While speaking at a
meeting with the leadership of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) in
Owerri, the state capital, he said some pensioners were receiving monies above
their retirement salaries while others get outrageous amount that are
unaccounted for.
The governor said he
had set up the process of integrating Imo pensioners into the National
Contributory Pensions Scheme.
“I’ll soon publish
names of those who earn above N330m per annum as pension for Imo people to
know,” he said.
“Government will no
more make use of microfinance banks for payments of salaries and pensions
because they are no clearing houses for BVN holders so that pensioners can be
paid directly.
“Government has
decided to automate all payments to enable it to migrate to the contributory
pension’s scheme.”
With this in place,
he said nobody would be able to defraud the government any longer after the
biometric verification.
Uzodimma said that
only primary and secondary school teachers, who have been verified and
confirmed to be employees of government, will receive their salaries.
He advised those
“playing politics” with pensions and salaries to desist from doing so as his
administration is set to going after such people.
In May, the governor
had scrapped payment of pensions to former governors, deputy governors,
speakers and deputy speakers of the state.
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