…PTAD commences payment Friday

Succour has come the way of police officers who served in
the defunct Biafran Police during the 30 months Nigeria Civil war as President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the payment of pension to the police officers who were granted presidential pardon in 2000.

The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD)
Wednesday announced that about 162 of such retired police
officers and 57 Next of Kin of those who have died will be
paid their pension benefits in the first phase of the payment
with effect from Friday, October 20, 2017 in Enugu.
A statement from the management of PTAD said after their
pardon, a verification exercise was conducted for them by
the defunct Police Pension office and recently by PTAD and
the Police Service Commission.


The statement reads: “The general public would recall that
Nigeria witnessed an ugly civil war between July, 1967 and
January, 1970 and as a result of that unfortunate period in
our history, some members of the Armed Forces, the
Nigeria Police and paramilitary officers who took part with
the Secessionist were dismissed from the service.
“The dismissal of those officers was commuted to retirement
in the year 2000 through a Presidential Amnesty granted on
29 May, 2000 by the Administration of the then President,
Olusegun Obasanjo.

“A verification exercise was conducted for the pardoned
officers by the defunct Police Pension Office and recently
PTAD on one hand and the Police Service Commission on
the other.

“Despite the Presidential pardon and verification of these
officers, many of them remained unpaid years after the
pardon. However, the present administration under the
able leadership of President, Muhammadu Buhari has
graciously given approval for the payment of pension
entitlements to these officers and their Next of Kin.
PTAD is commencing the payment of pension benefits to the
retired war affected police officers on Friday October 20,
2017 in Enugu. 162 officers will be payrolled and 57 Next of
Kin who have also not been paid their death benefits will be who have also not been paid their death benefits will be


Sources: thenationonlineng.net/buhari-approves-payment-pension-retired-biafra-police/

Took quite a while (17yrs) to get them sorted out. It isn't fair oo.

Good development

2019

which Biafran police??

sorry for this contraption

Kudos to PMB on this.

Clerverly:
President Buhari Has Shown Uncommon To Ndigbo!

If he completes the 2nd Niger Bridge before his tenure expires in 2023, his monument would be bigger than that of ojukwu!

Sarrki, we know you even in your new disguise.

The stink remains the same.

This abooki funny ooo, it took IPOB and Kanu to jolt your empty skull into embracing common sense 17 years after.

Good news.

Let it be true. It is a positive development that will portray PMB in a beautiful light both in Nigeria and in the whole world.

Kudos!

BudeYahooCom:
This abooki funny ooo, it took IPOB and Kanu to jolt your empty skull into embracing common sense 17 years after.

Inappropriate comment.

Has he been in power for "17yrs"?

eodavids:


Inappropriate comment.

Has he been in power for "17yrs"?

I was expecting that from zombies but if your buhari was a sincere man who really loved one nigeria, he would have spoken up against the undeserd treatment metted out to the pensioners all those years he was busy contesting and speaking in favour of sharia and boko haram.

What is wrong with PMB sef?

They deservse nothing but hunger and starvation for their sinister agenda.
*I spit on their graves