Niger Gov signs Pension Act into law

Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger has signed into law a bill
establishing the new Contributory Pension Scheme for employees in
the state civil service.

The bill was passed by the state House of Assembly in 2015,
after it was presented to the state legislative arm.

Bello after signing the bill said that the bill would provide a
better welfare package for civil servants in the state civil
service after retirement.

He said the present administration was committed to ensuring
that the welfare of its workforce was given priority and prompt
payment of salaries of workers.

According to him, the state government will from time to time
make the necessary adjustment that will improve the living standard
of civil servants under the state civil service.

“Our retiring civil servants had given 35 years of their lives
to the service of the state; government must reduce their hardship
by ensuring payment of their pension.

“We have to ensure that everyone is paid as and when due,” he
said.

The governor said that machinery had been put in place to
restructure the payment of gratuity for prompt payment of pension
of retirees under the old pension scheme.

He commended the legislature for working earnestly to ensure
that the bill scaled the legislative hurdles.

The signing of the bill was witnessed by Alhaji Ahmed Marafa,
the Speaker of the state House of Assembly and members of the
legislature.

Others were members of the state Executive Council and Alhaji
Idris Ndako, Chairman of the state Nigeria Labour Congress.

(NAN)

Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger has signed into law a bill
establishing the new Contributory Pension Scheme for employees in
the state civil service.

The bill was passed by the state House of Assembly in 2015,
after it was presented to the state legislative arm.

Bello after signing the bill said that the bill would provide a
better welfare package for civil servants in the state civil
service after retirement.

He said the present administration was committed to ensuring
that the welfare of its workforce was given priority and prompt
payment of salaries of workers.

According to him, the state government will from time to time
make the necessary adjustment that will improve the living standard
of civil servants under the state civil service.

“Our retiring civil servants had given 35 years of their lives
to the service of the state; government must reduce their hardship
by ensuring payment of their pension.

“We have to ensure that everyone is paid as and when due,” he
said.

The governor said that machinery had been put in place to
restructure the payment of gratuity for prompt payment of pension
of retirees under the old pension scheme.

He commended the legislature for working earnestly to ensure
that the bill scaled the legislative hurdles.

The signing of the bill was witnessed by Alhaji Ahmed Marafa,
the Speaker of the state House of Assembly and members of the
legislature.

Others were members of the state Executive Council and Alhaji
Idris Ndako, Chairman of the state Nigeria Labour Congress.

(NAN)