Zamfara State government has verified over three thousand retirees to enable it pay the backlog of gratuities by previous administrations.
This is as retired state and local government workers in Zamfara State have not received their gratuities since 2011.
Senior special adviser on media to the governor, Sulaiman Bala Idris, who stated this in a statement, revealed that a total of 1,746 pensioners from both the state and local governments received two tranches of payment amounting to N2.3billion.
Idris said the second tranche of verified pensioners’ gratuity payments began last Friday, bringing relief to the retirees who had been waiting for their entitlements for years.
He explained that a total of 413 verified pensioners from the state have been paid a sum of about NGN 682.228 million.
The senior special adviser to the governor, also said a total of 403 verified pensioners from the local governments, amounting to N449.667 million have been paid.
He said the process of verifying and authenticating retirees is still on-going, with payments being made to those who have been cleared.