The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate PTAD, says it has started the verification of pensioners from states in the North West Zone.
PTAD Head, Corporate Communications, Olugbenga Ajayi, said in Kano today that the five or six-day exercise would take care of pensioners from Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs.
He said that the directorate had conducted similar verification for pensioners from the civil service, Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Custom Service, Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigeria Prison Service and pensions’department.
Ajayi noted that the directorate would provide lunch for the pensioners during the verification, in addition to other necessary support, to make them comfortable throughout the period.
According to him, the directorate has also provided an ambulance at the venue for easy conveyance of the sick persons, in case anyone of them falls ill.
Ajayi noted that the directorate had conducted similar exercise in Lagos, from where it moved to South South, South West, South East and North East.
