The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday, ordered the immediate payment of all outstanding gratuities, monthly pensions and death benefits due to retirees of the state.
The Director-General of the Rivers State Pension Board, Ijeoma Samuel, disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, saying that the payments would be done in various batches.
The statement reads in part; “The first batch is for all those who had retired up to June 2014. All affected retirees and next of kins for deceased retirees under the first batch are asked to come to the Ministry of Justice conference hall for physical verification from June 15-23, 2022.”
Samuel instruct those in the first batch of the exercise to come along with their retirement identification cards and other relevant documents.
He stated that after the first batch, the second batch will immediately kick off as instructed by the Governor.
