Yusuf vows to recover N5.4bn pension funds yet to be deposited by Ganduje government

Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, on Saturday, vowed to take back over N5.4 billion workers’ pension contributions yet to be deposited by the last administration in the state.

The governor stated this at the launch of the payment of N5 billion in gratuity to 4,000 pensioners in the state.

He stressed that pension payments are not a privilege but a right.

Yusuf said it was unacceptable for anyone to deduct workers’ monthly pension contributions without depositing the funds with the Pension Fund Manager (PA).

He asked the pensioners to write a petition to the state government and demand an investigation into the non-payment of their monthly pension contributions by the administration of former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje in the state.

The governor revealed that he inherited N43 billion in pension arrears from his predecessor.

He said: “The problem we are experiencing now is that all the money deducted from your monthly pension payments, amounting to over N5.4 billion, was not deposited into the national treasury. Instead, it was taken to private accounts. But we are determined to get it back.”

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