The Federal Government says it will
commence the payment of pension benefits to retired war-affected police
officers and their next-of-kin.....
The News Agency of Nigeria, which
reported that this was contained in a statement by the management of the
Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate in Abuja on Wednesday,
indicated that President Muhammadu Buhari had given approval for the
payment of pension entitlements to the affected officers and their
next-of -kin.
Some members of the Armed Forces,
Nigeria Police Force and some paramilitary officers that took part with
the secessionist group in the 1967 Civil War were earlier dismissed from
the service after the war.
The dismissal of the officers was later
converted to retirement in 2000 through a presidential amnesty granted
on May 29, 2,000 by the administration of ex-President Olusegun
Obasanjo.
Verification was conducted for the
pardoned officers by the defunct police pension office, PTAD and the
Police Service Commission.
In spite of the presidential pardon and verification of the officers, many of them remained unpaid years after the pardon.
But according to the statement, PTAD is
to begin the payment of the benefits to retired war affected police
officers on Friday in Enugu.
It said the first batch of payment would
also involve the pay rolling of 162 affected officers and 57 next -of-
kin that had yet to be paid the death benefits of their deceased
persons.
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