The Katsina State Government has said it is putting finishing touches that would see retired workers get their gratuities in arrears to the tune of over N20 billion.
The state added that it had put modalities in place that would ensure retiring civil servants get their gratuities within the same month they retire.
Chairman of the State and Local Government Pension and Gratuity Committee, Dr Farouk Aminu, made this known on Friday during the presentation to newsmen of the state’s newly enacted 2025 Pension Reform Law.
Aminu said the payment of gratuity in arrears is part of the government’s effort to restore confidence in the state’s pension administration.
He said verification of liabilities accumulated between September 2023 and October 2025 was almost complete, and that the state governor, Dr Dikko Radda, had already pledged to release the funds immediately the exercise is concluded.
He recalled that the government had earlier paid ₦23 billion to clear arrears from the fourth quarter of 2019 to August 2023, a payment he described as a turning point in the ongoing sanitisation of the pension system.
He said the fresh commitment to offset an additional ₦20 billion reinforces the government’s determination to dismantle the backlog that has long burdened retirees and distorted the financial stability of pension management in the state.
(Guardian)
