has paid about N2.7 billion as pensions from January to
September, an official said on Thursday.
Mr Ayotunde Kolawole, the Permanent Secretary in the
Bureau, disclosed this in Abeokuta during an oversight visit
to the bureau by members of Ogun House of Assembly
Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
He said the affected pensioners were retired council
workers, teaching and non-teaching staff in primary
schools.
The permanent secretary said the amount was paid from
the monthly allocation the bureau received from the State/
Councils’ Joint Allocation Accounts Committee (JAAC).
He said that the bureau had also paid N43.3 million as
gratuities to the same category of pensioners during the
period.
Kolawole, however, said the amount would be enhanced if
the state government paid its contributions to the Local
Government Staff Pension Fund.
He said the bureau was saddled with the management of
the old pay-as-you-go and the new Contributory Pension
Scheme (CPS) for all the affected pensioners.
Kolawole disclosed that the total number of pensioners
being managed by the agency was 8,372 as at September.
Responding, Mr O dofin Sonuga, the committee chairman,
urged the bureau to organise seminars for stakeholders
regularly in order to fine-tune the pension scheme.
He also advised the bureau to use the system adopted by
other states that had been worked well to improve on the
state’s local government pensions scheme.
Sonuga urged the bureau to always collaborate with the
Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, the
Local Government Service Commission and the House of
Assembly to ensure the growth of the scheme.
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