BENUE GOVT AUTHORISES PAYMENT OF RETIREES FROM BAILOUT FUNDS

The Benue State Executive Committee on payment of bailout funds to local government and primary school teachers’ has authorized the release and payment of the bailout funds to all retirees and deceased staff who served between January and May 2015. This was a fall out of the meeting of the committee with the Bureau held today at the office of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Titus T. Zam. The committee also directed the release of money for the payment of verified and genuine staff that was omitted in the previous disbursement. According to the committee, only seven local government councils namely; Okpokwu, Gwer-West, Ado, Obi, Konshisha, Gboko, Gboko and Ohimini which have submitted relevant records will benefit from the directive for now. The Committee also directed the remaining sixteen local government councils to submit all relevant records or information to the Bureau as earlier directed to enable them benefit from the payment.