To solve head-on, the lingering issues of pension and gratuity payments for retirees in Gombe State, Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has constituted an 11- member committee to work out modalities for a workable reform of the State Pension Administration System.
The Committee, headed by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi is to review all issues associated with Contributory Pension Scheme for efficient implementation.
Members of the Committee include the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Barrister Zubair Umar, and his Finance and Information counterparts, Mohammed Gambo Magaji and Meshach Audu Lauco.
Other members are the State Auditor General, Muhammed Buba Gombe, Auditor General for Local Government, Mr. Mahdi M. Aliyu, the state Accountant General, Dr. Aminu Yuguda, Permanent Secretary Special Services and Political Affairs in the SSG’s office, Muhammed Umar, Director State Pensions Bureau, Abubakar Mohammed Jungudo, the Executive Secretary Local Government Pension Board, Suleiman Mohammed while Usman Malam is to serve as Secretary to the Committee.
The Committee which had its inaugural meeting Tuesday at the office of the Secretary to the State Government assured of its commitment to come up with the various finest pension system for the State within the shortest possible time for Governor Yahaya’s consideration and Implementation for the benefits of civil servants at both the State and Local Governments levels.
It could be recalled that Governor Yahaya’s administration has been battling with the payment of pension and gratuity arrears it inherited from the past administration where billions of naira have been expended in the last three years.
