PTAD: Resolving pensioners’ issues

ADAJI: Dear madam, my name is Adaji from Kogi State. I wish to request PTAD to pay my gratuity which they informed me through The Nation of June 15, 2022, that it had been computed for payment. I have waited for the money to no avail. I wrote several times to them yet they had not replied me.

Recently ( precisely July 11, 2024), I received a call from PTAD requesting for my account number for payment, which I sent. Yet, till date, I have not received the money. I called several times through the number but they refused to pick my calls. I don’t understand the game at all.

Please, help me relay my message to PTAD. Thanks for your good work.

TEMITOPE: My name is Temitope. I was disengaged from Federal Civil Service 2006. My pension administrator is Stanbic IBTC Pension Manager. Since my disengagement, my entitlement has not been paid. l need your help.

EBITARI: Good day, my name is Ebitari. I complained about my benefits which had not to be paid. I am still expecting the payment.ANNONMOUS: I am a pensioner from one of Federal establishments, residing in lbadan, Oyo State. I will like to know where your satelite office is in lbadan. Thanks.

IRIOGBE: Dear Omobola, My name is Iriogbe, a NIPOST retiree. Information at my disposal is that PTAD is yet to invite NIPOST union and its desk officers to work with the committee to re-compute the issues that arose after the back-end-computation that resulted in the deductions from our pension from October 2023 till this moment.

I have in the recent past, written to PTAD that many of us are still shocked over the deductions and reversion to what we were earning as at September 2023 earlier promised when the panel was set up on January 19, 2024. It is important to bring in the NIPOST union and other sectoral unions that have vital documents to submit to the panel to enable it to make informed decisions on this issue. We cannot afford to be disappointed again. Thanks for your good job.

MABAWONKU: My name is Mabawonku, a federal/State pensioner. I worked at the Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) from September 14,1982 to July 6, 1993. Thereafter, I joined the Lagos State Government on July 15, 1993 and retired on January 28, 2008 as a Director.

Despite several demands in writing, calls and presence, the gratuity has not been paid. I did verification with PTAD at Lagos in 2019. On request, I have sent my verification certificate and bank acoount from 2008 till date to PTAD. With the conditions met since 2019, still my gratuity of 11 years and pension arrears of six months (January to July 1993 ) have not been paid.

The Nation  should please help me. Thank you.

OJO: My dear sister, I am one of Heritage Bank customers at Ado Ekiti. I am one of those who have not paid their pension since May. I sent a message to you with my particulars.

Please, I am waiting for your help.

BAIYEGUN: PTAD, while appreciating your hard work, and your  quick action to pensioner’s complaints, please be informed that as of date, I am yet to receive my Federal share of state pension for July 2024. Thanks for your anticipated quick action.

MURITALA: Dear Omobola, thanks so much for solving retirees’ problems. I am Muritala, a former staff member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). My last monthly payment was September 2020. I have sent my documents several times. Kindly see to the payment of my unpaid monthly dues. I was verified by PTAD on May 30, 2023 and they promise that my cumulative arrears will be paid within three months. My last monthly payment was September 2022. PTAD should please pay me.

ANNASTECIA: Good afternoon, madam. My name is Annastecia. I retired from the University Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt. My pension was stopped in October 2020 because I was not in the head-count then. However, I have been screened in the Abuja PTAD office, and given pension number as of December 2023. Since then, I have not received any payment. Please, I need your kind intervention.

THE NATION: The newspaper will intervene by sending your complaints to PTAD. Therefore, Adaji, Temitope, Ebitari Annonymous, Iriogbe, Mabawonku, Ojo, Baiyegun, Muritala and Annastecia should watch out for the pension page on Wednesdays for response from PTAD and subsequently every Wednesday for pension news.

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