THE federal government has on Wednesday released the sum of N16.67 billion for the payment of accrued pension rights to 2021 retirees of Treasury-funded Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
NAN said the announcement is contained in a statement signed by the Head, Corporate Communications Department, National Pension Commission (PenCom), Mr Peter Aghahowa, and made available to newsmen.
Aghahowa said that the federal government had earlier settled all arrears of accrued pension rights payments to the verified and enrolled retirees up to December 2020.
