Our reforms will ease Pensioners’ hardships – President assures

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday assured pensioners that they will no longer experience difficulties in getting their pensions.

Buhari said his administration’s reforms would ensure that Nigerians who spent the “productive years of their lives serving the nation” would not suffer.

A statement by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said Buhari gave the assurance at a meeting with Sharon Ikeazor, the Executive Secretary, Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) at the State House, Abuja.

The statement said the President directed a speedy completion of the ongoing nationwide verification of pensioners.

He said “President Buhari stressed that the exercise was necessary because the success of the administration’s goal of putting in place an efficient pension scheme hinged on the availability of a reliable database.”

In a presentation to the President, Ikeazor said the PTAD management was determined to restore dignity to pensioners by protecting their funds and paying their entitlements promptly.

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According to her, in line with the anti-corruption posture of the current administration, the PTAD had put in place measures to ensure accountability, compliance with regulations and zero-tolerance for corruption.