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As the Imo State Government begins payment of pension arrears, some of the retirees who confirmed that they have been receiving alerts from their banks have complained of being short- changed in payment of 57 per cent, urging quick reconciliation of the amounts.
While some of the retirees said they were paid December last year (twice last year), others appealed that Governor Emeka Ihedioha should increase the payment from two months to five months arrears, noting that two months were to small after some of them had been owed six years.
An Owerri-based retired teacher, Dr. Nma Olebara in a phone-in programme on 99.5 (Hot FM), yesterday confirmed receiving an alert of two months arrear, but said the payments translated to 85 per cent.
Also, Sylvanus Aguwa, in his contribution faulted the governor’s broadcast of the commencement of the payment, while an anonymous caller, who commended Ihedioha for paying them, complained that he received 57 per cent each for the two months.
Speaking, state Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), Josiah Ugochukwu, also, thanked Ihedioha for the payment and suggested that due to the complaints of short-payments, a joint committee of representatives of the retirees and the State Government, should be constituted to address the complaints.
He said he had not got his alert as at the time he was talking on radio, adding that the committee would interface with the complaints.
