PTAD: Resolving pensioners’ issues – The Nation Newspaper

TSWANYA: Hello, my name is Tswanya. My monthly pension is N17000 but it was reduced to N9000. Why is this so? I am alive please.

DANIYAN: Dear Omobola, I learnt about the coverage of pensioner’s complaint platform of The Nation newspaper. I am a retiree who lost contact with PTAD due to my absence during their first screening transition sometimes in 2018. I need your advice and assistant on what step I should take to be reinstated. I retired from Federal Ministry of Works, Niger State.

ALEXANDER: Dear, Omobola my name is Alexander. I am a retiree of Power Holding Company of Nigeria. Following my complaint to you on the wrong computation exercise by Pension Transitional Arrangement Department (PTAD) of the year 2023, I received a call on July 30 from PTAD. They requested that I forward documents in support of my claim which I did. So for the third month running now, no changes or difference is affected.

OLADIPO: Good day, One of our member from Ado Ekiti Nitel/Mtel didn’t receive his July monthly pension. We asked him to go and do his I am Alive which he has done it last week. What can we do? He retired from Ado Ekiti

LIASU: Hello, my name is Liasu. Kindly help me look into my pension issue because I am sick and I need my pension to be paid so that I can treat myself medically.

CHIEF BAIYEGUN: Good day, I am Chief Baiyegun. This is an SOS call, please save my soul. I have no other hope. I will like to remind PTAD that as at today, 16th April 2025, I have not received my token pension for the month of March.

THE NATION: The Newspaper will intervene by sending your complaint to PTAD. Therefore, TSWANYA, DANIYAN, ALEXANDER, OLADIPO should watch out for the pension page on Wednesdays for response from PTAD and subsequently every Wednesday for pension news.

AWOSOJI: Good Day, my name is Awosoji. I will like to know why PTAD did not include N32000 inside our monthly payment of April and May which is our right as federal government pensioners.

PTAD: Dear Awosoji, please be informed that N32,000 will be added to every pensioner under DBS as soon as the fund for that purpose is made available except for some agencies like PHCN, Peoples Bank, Nicon Insurance, Nigerian Reinsurance, Nitel, pti and Assurance Bank.  Thank you.

OLIYE: Good day, my name is Oliye. I am a CSPD pensioner under PTAD. I retired from Federal Ministry of Education. I have not yet received my 20percent arrears and 32per cent pension arrears.

PTAD: Dear OLIYE, please be inform that N32,000.00 will be added to each pensioner under DBS as soon as the fund for that purpose is made available except for some agencies like PHCN, Peoples Bank, NICON Insurance, Nigerian Reinsurance, NITEL, PTI And Assurance Bank. Thank you.