PENSION PAYMENT: EXTERNAL AUDITORS TO AUDIT EBONYI LG ACCOUNTS—GOV NWIFURU

REPORTER: AMECHI ODO

Ebonyi State Government is to engage External Auditors to audit the accounts of Local Government Areas in the State.

Governor Francis Nwifuru stated this when he received members of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Ebonyi State Council on a courtesy visit at Government House Abakaliki.

He decried discrepancies in the payment of salaries and retirement benefits in the local government system, noting that salaries and pensions were increasing simultaneously in the system.

On the on-going payment of gratuities to state retired civil and public servants, the Governor said he had directed the committee to extend the deadline until all the gratuities were cleared.

The State Chairman of the NUP, Mr. Donatus Nwofe, commended the Governor for embarking on the payment of arrears of gratuities to retired workers.

EDITED BY CHUKWUBUIKE MADU