By Onomiguren Agbamu
The Chairman of Delta State Bureau for pension, Sir Edwin Ogidi- Gbagbaje has vowed to go tough on anyone demanding and soliciting for payment before processing pensioner’s benefits just as he appealed to pensioner’s to be mindful of scammers who are out to scam them of their hard-earned money.
The chairman disclosed this on Wednesday during a courtesy visit by members of the Indigenous Correspondent Chapel, (ICC) of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ) , Delta state council at his office in Asaba.
Sir Ogidi-Gbagbaje warned those responsible for defrauding pensioners of their hard-earned money to desist from such act, adding that he has zero tolerance for corruption.
Ogidi-Gbagbaje revealed that recently, “a scammer identify as James Onoja Pen, with phone number 07070764813, was brought to his notice, demanding the sum of N45, 000 to facilitate the payment for a retiree”.
“We do not solicit for or demand for payments in the processing of pension benefits. If there is anybody who is doing so, I want to plead, let that person be exposed.
“Because if I get reliable information on those persons or person who are doing that, such person or individuals will face the law, I will not tolerate that, and it will not be encouraged.
“And anybody who is found wanting doing that, will face dire consequences. That is my position on it”, the forthright Bureau Chairman, declared.
He denied awareness of any cartel in the board involved in the scamming of pensioners, “that person is not our staff”.
He said the Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori-led administration holds pensioners so dear to his heart and would do anything humanly possible to ameliorate their plights.
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