KDSG Releases N3bn For Payment Of Workers’ Gratuities, Death Penalties

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has approved the payment of gratuity and death benefits to retirees and families of deceased civil servants respectively, at the state level and across the 23 local government areas.

Executive Secretary of the Kaduna State Pension Bureau Salamatu Isah in a statement issued in Kaduna said El-Rufai approved the release of the sum of 3,105 billion for the payments.

Salamatu, while giving a breakdown explained that 1 billion naira was allocated for the payment of local government retirees, adding that 600 million naira was allocated for the payment of state retirees under the Defined Benefits Scheme.

The Executive Secretary also state that 1.5 billion naira was allocated for the payment of Accrued Rights to retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS.

She added that the names of shortlisted beneficiaries would be sent to the Pension Desk Officers across the 23 local government areas and all Ministries Departments and Agencies, MDAs.

Salamatu also recalled that the state government paid gratuities and death benefits of batches 1 to 16 of beneficiaries at the state level, noting that batches 1 to 14 of local government pensioners under the Defined Benefits Scheme had also been paid.

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