Gov. Nwifuru Commences Payment of Gratuities To LG Retirees , Sets Up Committee

From Omaka OKOH, Abakaliki 

Ebonyi State  Government has set up committee to commence process for the payment of gratuities to retired local government staff from 1996 to date.

Governor Francis Nwifuru,  who inaugurated the six-member committee headed by Mrs Catherine Ogbu to verify and pay genuine local government retirees, enjoined them to be above board in the discharge of the assignment.

Other members include Mrs Mbam Joy, Dr. Cajethan Oketa, Hon. Justice Iheanachor Chima, Comrade David Elom, representing the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), while Mr. Martins Uguru is to serve as the Secretary.

In a statement issued on Friday by Nwifuru’s Chief press Secretary, Dr Monday Uzor and made available to journalists in Abakalili, the Governor said: “I have confidence in the calibre of persons selected to do this assignment. I want everybody who had the opportunity to serve this State at the local government level, to get their full entitlements.

“We are embarking on this not because we have enough but just like I told the local government chairmen, that the payment is as important as physical projects."

According to him, the committee to ensure each retiree is paid the same day they are verified and confirmed.

“Use available documents as guides and ensure every retiree receives an alert immediately he or she is verified,” commending the council chairmen for attaching importance to the