By Musa Umar Bologi
Abuja
Ministry of Defence and the Military Pensions Board (MPB) will begin the verification of over 90, 000 military retirees in the board’s pay roll from November 27 to December 9, 2017.
Acting Chairman of the Board, Brig.-Gen. Adekunle Adesope, disclosed yesterday this during a meeting with some of the retirees in Abuja.
Adesope, therefore, called on military retirees on the pay roll of the board to make themselves available at centres designated for the exercise in each of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
According to him, retirees from the rank of Private to Lance Coproral and their equivalents will be verified between November 27 and 30, while Corporal to Sergeants will undergo the exercise from December 1 to 3.
He said: “Verification for retirees from the rank of Staff Sergeant to Army Warrant Officers and their equivalents will be conducted from December 4 to 5, 2nd Lieutenant to Captain and their equivalents on December 6.
“Major to Colonel and equivalents on December 7, Brig.-Gen. and above on December 8, while all absentees of the stipulated dates and those critically ill sick and hospitalised will take their turn on December 9.
“Pensioners are enjoined to honour these dates in view of the fact that they are part of the crowd control measures designed for an orderly and successful conduct o the exercise.”
He listed the documents required from the pensioners for the exercise as Retired Officers Identity Card, Pension Advice, Bank, Account Number and Bank Verification Number – BVN, for ‘Retired Officers.”
“Discharged Soldiers, Rating and Airmen/Airwoman” should come forward with “Discharged Certificate, Service Discharge Identity Card, Pension Advice, Bank, Account and BVN,” he said.
The chairman said retirees under “Medically Boarded Personnel” should provide “Discharged Certificate, Service Discharge Identity Card, Pension Advice, Bank, Account Number and BVN” for the exercise.
He stressed that the exercise was for only retirees that were on the board’s pay roll as at October 2017 and warned that verification by proxy would not be allowed.
Adesope also warned that pensioners would not be allowed to change their banks, account number or any other personal details during the verification.