14,836 civil service pensioners overpaid, says PTAD

A total number of 14,836 pensioners in the Civil Service Pension Department (CSPD) are being overpaid, the Executive Secretary, Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), Dr. Chioma Ejikeme has said.

She made this known during a meeting with the executive members of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) and the Federal Civil Service Pensioners Branch (FCSPB) in Abuja.

She said the Directorate would begin to pay the affected pensioners their accurate monthly pension from next month in the Civil Service Pension Department (CSPD) who were being overpaid on their accurate monthly pension.

She said: “Following the expanded computation project embarked on by the Directorate in 2020, and going through the career documents submitted by pensioners during verification, it was discovered that 14,836 pensioners in the Civil Service Pension Department were being overpaid.

“At the end of the meeting, both parties agreed that the affected pensioners will be contacted and informed of the Directorate’s plan to properly place them on the right monthly pension from the month of July 2022, while the modalities to recover the overpayment will be worked out in due course”.

At the event were the NUP National President, Mr. Godwin Abumisi’s representive/the National Trustee, Northwest, Mr. Abdullahi Tsoho Garba and Comrade Bankole Sule, who represented the Chairman, Federal Civil Service Pensioners Branch, among other executive members. (The Nation)