Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has said a total of 639 Federal Housing Authority (FHA) and 78 NDA (Civilian) pensioners have been added to its payroll and paid their April 2018 monthly pensions. A statement releases in Abuja by its management disclosed that the 639 FHA pensioners were paid a total of N11, 954, 362.31, while 78 NDA (Civilian) pensioners were paid a total of N1, 940,511.63. According to the statement, this new batch of enrollees were verifi ed by the Directorate during a validation exercise which was held across the country’s six geopolitical zones in Q4 2017 towards sustaining a comprehensive and credible database of pensioners domiciled at the directorate. The statement recalled that the Executive Secretary, Sharon Ikeazor, had assured pensioners that their entitlements will be computed and they would be enrolled to receive monthly pension payments, even as approval was being sought to clear all arrears for pensioners under the Defined Benefit Scheme (DBS).
“The Parastatal Pension Department (PaPD) started verification of defunct and privatised agencies in Q4 2017, with the verification of Federal Housing Authority (FHA), New Nigerian Newspapers (NNN), NICON, Nigerian-Re and Delta Steel Company (DSC) pensioners across the country. “In Q1 2018, pensioners from the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and its subsidiary, Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTEL) were verifi ed and the computation of their benefits is on-going.”
