By Aliyu M. Aliyu, Dutse
Jigawa State and Local Government Contributory Pension Scheme has paid over four billion four hundred million naira as monthly pension to 11,276 state, local governments and local Education Authority pensioners in 2020.
The Executive Secretary of the scheme, Alhaji Hashim Ahmed Fagam made this known while reviewing the scheme’s 2020 achievements.
He said the amount include two point three billion naira paid to 5,386 state pensioners, 614 million naira to 2,158 local governments pensioners and one point five billion naira paid to 3,734 local education authority pensioners.
Alhaji Hashim Ahmed Fagam said seven point five billion naira was paid as terminal benefit to 3,643 state, local government and local education authority staff this out going year.
He said out of the figure, over three billion naira was paid as terminal benefit to state civil servants, one point one billion naira to 750 local government staff and 1,571 local education authority staff.
The Executive secretary commended Governor Badaru Abubakar for the financial and morale support to the scheme at all times.