The Senate Committee chairman on Establishment and Public Service and a former Governor of Kano State, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau has said agencies handling pension matters in the Country are doing well in recent years.
Shekarau made the assertion in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, while fielding questions from newsmen after a closed-door meeting of National Assembly Committees on Pensions, Committees on Budget and Appropriation with the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD).
His words, “So when you say pensioners in Nigeria have not been faring well, I think the major problem that pensioners have been having is poor documentation. And we (Legislators) are calling on Government agencies to improve on the documentation of their staff.
“And they should be able to tell them (staff) what to do few months before their retirement. PTAD has initiated so many ways to overcome these challenges. I think PTAD is trying its best now to meet the challenge of the growing number of pensioners.
“The nation is growing, also the public service is growing. So we (Senate) are satisfied with the measures they (PTAD) are putting in place. I think on the whole, the agencies handling pension matters are doing very well.
“Of course there had been long outstanding issues in pension, and it is now that Government is trying to address these issues. I think we are gradually making progress”
