By Ahmed Rahma
In line with the federal government’s COVID-19 directives, the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has postponed the resumption of the walk-in verification for pensioners.
Spokesman of PTAD, Mr Olugbenga Ajayi, disclosed this in a statement issued last Friday.
Recall that on December 10, 2020, the agency had announced the suspension of its walk-in verification for pensioners and scheduled the resumption for January 19, 2021.
However, there have been fears of a second wave of coronavirus transmission, with Nigeria experiencing an upsurge in COVID-19 cases, causing many to panic and fear of a second lockdown, though the government has reassured that there would not be a need for that.
“Pensioners under the civil service pension department (CSPD); the police pensions department (PPD); the customs, immigration prisons pension department (CIPPD); and parastatal pension department (PaPD) will be affected by this suspension,” a part of the statement read.
“We wish to assure all pensioners that have requested for the walk-in verification that they will be contacted and scheduled for the exercise when the walk-in verification resumes,” it further said.
The directorate advised pensioners with urgent complaints to send such as emails or upload their complaints using its website’s complaint link.
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