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Anambra assembly probes alleged missing N500m teachers’ pension fund

Toni by Toni
July 21, 2022
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Anambra assembly probes alleged missing N500m teachers’ pension fund
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Anambra State House of Assembly has commenced enquiries into circumstances leading to alleged release of N500 million meant for payment of arrears of pensions owed primary school teachers between 2002 and 2003, ANAMBRA PEOPLE reports.

The Guardian investigation revealed that the sum was purportedly released, but not paid to beneficiaries, some of whom are dead.

This came as indications emerged that the state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, inherited six years arrears of gratuities owed members of the state and local council staff.

While commending Soludo for promising, in his 2022 May Day speech, to liquidate the arrears of retirement benefits by installment, the Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Dr. Augustine Ugozor, called for upward review in retirees’ benefits.

Ugozor, a former Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), lamented that some pensioners collect peanuts of N2,000 monthly.
He pointed out that Section 210(3)provides for an upward review of pensions or whenever there is salary review, whichever that comes first.

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The House Committee on Public Petition, headed by the member representing Orumba North State Constituency, Emeka Aforka, was scheduled to meet with representatives of NUP yesterday.

It was further learnt that some officers being probed over their involvement in the said missing fund are long dead, while some are incapacitated on account of health challenge.

Speaking to The Guardian, Ugozor said the union had to involve the legislature to ensure immediate settlement of the arrears.

Corroborating him, the Assistant Secretary of the state NUP, Uchenna Onwuka, said referring the matter to the state legislature is because it has powers to investigate the matter.

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