The federal government has verified a total
of 4,389 civil service pensioners in the North
Eastern states of Adamawa, Taraba, Gombe
and Bauchi.
This was disclosed in a statement made
available to LEADERSHIP yesterday, signed
by the executive secretary of Pension
Transitional Arrangement Directorate
(PTAD), Sharon Ikeazor.
The statement indicated that civil service
pensioners in the remaining states of
Maiduguru and Yobe States are expected to
be verified early next year.

In addition to the pensioners verified, the Directorate said a total of 98 Next of Kin of deceased
pensioners were also verified in the four
states during the exercise, which started on
the 28th of November and was concluded
on the 6 December, 2016.
The Executive Secretary said that no
pensioner in the region would be left behind
in the exercise.
“No one will be left behind as we address all
complaints. Complaint resolution is a
continuous process until all genuine
pensioner’s complaints have been resolved,”
Ikeazor said.
She expressed appreciation for the support
of the state governments, security services
and the pension unions which she said went
“a long way in making PTAD’s work easy.”
Mrs Ikeazor said that PTAD was equally
aware of the sick pensioners adding that
PTAD contacted them at the centers using
the mobile verification team to reach their
homes and hospitals for the biometrics.
PTAD commenced the verification exercise
of the civil service pensioners in the 4th
quarter of 2015 with the North West zone,
followed by the pensioners in the South East
zone.