30,356 FG retirees get N3.82bn backlog payment

By Victir Ahiuma-YoungThere is relief for 30,356 Federal Government retirees under the Defined Benefit Scheme, DBS, as the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, PTAD, has disbursedaa N3.82 billion in accrued pension arrears to them.The Directorate disclosed that it paid a total of N3,817,568,592.80 in pension arrears to affected DBS pensioners across the Parastatals Pension Department, PaPD, Defunct and Transferred Agencies Pension Department, DTAPD, and Tertiary, Education and Health P