Bayelsa warns LG officials against delays in pension payment
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The Deputy Governor Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo warned that the names of retiring workers should be submitted on or before the 18th of every month...
The Bayelsa State Government has urged the local government officials in the state to ensure timely payment of retirees pension.
Speaking at a meeting with chairmen and officers of the eight local government councils on Wednesday, the Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo warned that the names of retiring workers should be submitted on or before the 18th of every month.
Ewhrudjakpo stated that the names should be submitted to the Technical Adviser to the Governor on Treasury and Accounts, Mr Timipre Seipulou, for processing.
“Our reason for calling this meeting is to give information, a directive, and a warning. One thing that I have is that I don’t know how to spare indolence, docility, laziness, incompetence, and deliberate obstruction of the wheel of progress. We have taken a decision that all those who are retiring every month must be paid their pensions. That decision has come to stay. But the report I am having is that some of you in the local government system are trying to frustrate it by not volunteering the necessary information,” he said.
Ewhrudjakpo also expressed his dissatisfaction over the unnecessary delay in pension payments. He warned local government officers to put an end to the delay.
“You were told to timely furnish the Technical Adviser on Treasury and Accounts, Mr Seipulou’s office, with your monthly reports concerning retirees. I am not happy that local government officers are frustrating the process. Chairmen, take note. Every local government must submit its report by the 18th of every month, provided it is not a Sunday or Saturday. Even if it is a Saturday or Sunday, we will give you the benefit of submitting on the 20th. Any local government that does not do that, next month, I will transfer the treasurer and anybody that is involved in the process. Our brothers and sisters who have been on the queue are complaining that those who are going out now are being paid. So, every hand must be on deck to ensure we pay up the backlog,” he said.
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