Lagos
State Government has said it will pay another set of 319 retirees under
the Contributory Pension Scheme, a sum of N1.79bn this week.
A statement from the Press and Public
Relations Officer, Lagos State Pension Commission, Mr. Taofeek Lawal,
obtained on Sunday said this was in fulfilment of its commitment to the
CPS.
The Director-General, LASPEC, Mr. Rotimi
Hussain, was quoted as saying the beneficiaries would be collecting the
money, representing their past service benefits, during the 14th
retirement bond certificate presentation ceremony.
Hussain stated that the ceremony was
specially designed by the Lagos State Government to celebrate and
express appreciation to its retirees for showing commitment and
dedication to the service of the state while in service.
“This is regularly done in fulfilment of
the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola’s administration
uncompromising commitment at ensuring that every worker who retires from
the state public service gets their retirement benefits with relative
ease,” he said.
LASPEC noted that Lagos had paid a total
sum of N27.14bn to 5,211 retirees as at the 13th retirement bond
certificate presentation in September of this year.
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