Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State government has released N775 million for the payment of another tranche of outstanding gratuity to retired civil servants in the state.
Inuwa had earlier approved the payment of over N1.6 billion for payment of gratuity arrears.’
A statement by Director-General, Media and Public Affairs, to the Governor Ismaila Misili said sequel to the governor’s directives, the committee set up by the governor to verify and ascertain the correctness of outstanding gratuity owed state retirees has concluded arrangements to commence the payment.
He, therefore, requests retired state civil servants from January to December 2015, to come forward for verification and collection of their entitlements.
“The exercise, according to the chairman of the committee and State Auditor-General, Muhammad Buba Gombe will hold today, Monday, 15th March 2021 at the Treasury Headquarters, Gombe by 9:00 O’clock in the morning.
“According to the committee, life retirees are to come along with Audited Computation sheet, Bank Verification Number (BVN), Civil Service Commission (CSC) approval for retirement and Identification Card (I.D Card) while dependants of LATE RETIREES are to present Letter of Administration (from the probate Registry High Court of Justice, Gombe State), Death Certificate and Original Computation sheet”, the DG noted.
Misili recalled that the administration of Governor Yahaya had inherited liabilities of gratuity arrears of over N14 billion from the past administration which had abandoned the payment of the retirees’ entitlement since 2014.
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