The release of five billion Naira for the payment of pension arrears in Delta State has beenapprovedby Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.
The State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, who disclosed this in a statement in Asaba, said
the state government pays over N1.1 billion monthly to settle pension matters in the state.
He said the state government would release N10 billion to defray pension arrears, especially those of the Local Government Councils workers in the state.
The commissioner said N2.5 billion of the approve N5billion would be deployed to payment of the state retirees pension arrears.
According to him, the balance of N2.5 billion was released as grant to Local Government Pensions Bureau for the payment of Local Government and primary school retirees.
Aniagwu said the approval was part of the government efforts to ameliorate the plight of the affected senior citizens in the state.
