The chairman of the Local Government Staff Pension Board, Prince Adebayo Fatai Adeyemi, has assured pensioners in Oyo State that the Governor Seyi Makinde-led government will consistently pay gratuities and pension allowances on time.
He then enjoined the pensioners to continue propagating the good works of Governor Makinde to all and sundry.
Represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Local Government Staff Pension Board, Alhaji Lukman Akinola Muraina, Adeyemi made the charge on Thursday when the board hosted retired Primary School Teachers and Local government staff who came to approve their files either for re-computation or new payrolling of fresh retirees recently.
Many senior citizens converged at the Local Government Staff Pension Board, Water Corporation Building, Oyo State Government Secretariat, Ibadan, for their retirement benefit documents, which will enable them to enjoy their monthly pension and expect their gratuity when it is their turn.
The monthly programme is a means of exhibiting loyalty and support of the senior citizens for the Governor Makinde-led administration.
The programme also involved counselling, prayers for the state government, question-and-answer sessions, lectures and advice on various health topics, and sharing experience on life-after services.
The Nigerian Union of Pensioners Executives and traditional rulers were in attendance, among other dignitaries.
At the end of the exercise, certificates and other documents showing evidence of payment were distributed to the pensioners.
