Govermor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has approved the release of N5bn for the payment of pension arrears.
The State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, who disclosed this in a statement in Asaba said that the state government was planning to release N10bn to defray pension arrears, particularly for the Local Government Councils workers in the state.
On the approval of the release of the N5 billion, the commissioner said that the sum of N2.5 billion would be deployed to payment of the state retirees pension arrears.
He said the remaining N2.5bn was released as grant to Local Government Pensions Bureau for the payment of Local Government and primary school retirees.
Aniagwu said that the gesture was part of the government efforts to ameliorate the plight of the affected senior citizens in the state. (NAN)
