Gaidam approves N252.9 million for payment of gratuity

Retirees in Yobe State will have reasons to smile again as Governor Ibrahim Gaidam has approved the sum of over N252.9 million as payment for gratuity to Yobe civil servants who retired.

The amount will also cover the death benefits of those that have died in the service under the employ of the state government.

According to a statement signed by Abdullahi Bego, the Director General Media Affairs to Yobe State Governor Ibrahim Gaidam said a total of 141 retired and deceased civil servants will benefit from the funds.

The statement added that the latest disbursement is the 12th in the series of similar disbursement of the Gaidam administration which is so far running into billions of naira.

The statement reads; “ His Excellency Governor Ibrahim Gaidam has approved the sum of N252, 993, 577.58 as gratuity payments to 141 retired and deceased civil servants whose retirement or death occurred from January to March 2018.

“The amount also includes five-year pension to the next of kin of the affected deceased civil servants.

“This is the 12th disbursement of retirement benefits to beneficiaries in a series that had seen the state government spent billions of naira so far.

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“The Gratuity Verification Committee set up by His Excellency the governor under the Service Welfare Office is also currently working to verify and recommend for payment the benefits of those who retire or die between April 2018 and August 2018.

“All payments made so far and those to be made going forward are in keeping with the determination of the Gaidam administration to ensure the welfare and well being of workers in the employ of the state government”.

One of the retirees who identified himself as Mohammadu Bukar told our correspondent that retirees in Yobe will forever be grateful to what Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam is doing for them in the state unlike in Borno where he said “people retire and die without their benefits”.

What Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam is doing for retirees in the state here is far better that what our colleagues are going through in other state. We shall forever be grateful to Ibrahim Gaidam.

“You don’t need to go far to see what i am talking about. Go to Borno here and see what our colleagues are going through. Just last week, they protested against the governor. Some have died after retirement without their benefits. We thank Ibrahim Gaidam for this gesture”, Mohammadu said.