Gov. Wike orders immediate payment to Rivers retirees

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has ordered the immediate payment of all outstanding gratuities, monthly pensions and death benefits.

This is according to a statement disclosed by the Director-General of the Rivers State Pension Board, Ijeoma Samuel on Tuesday, June 14.

The statement read, “The first batch is for all those who had retired up to June 2014.

“All affected retirees and next of kins for deceased retirees under the first batch are requested to come to the Ministry of Justice conference hall for physical verification from June 15-23, 2022.

“We don’t want a situation where somebody who retired in 2020 will be paid first before the person who retired in 2014.

“We have adopted the principle of first retired, first paid.

“We want the entire exercise to be credible. There shall be no preferential treatment.

“There will be no jumping of queues. After the first batch, we will immediately commence the next batch”.