Pensioners will now heave a sigh of relief as the Pension Transitional Arraignment Directorate, PTAD has introduced a new scheme, named “I AM ALIVE” targeted at reducing the issues senior citizens face during verification exercises.
The Executive Secretary of PTAD, Dr. Chioma Ejikeme stated this in Ibadan at the mop-up verification for pensioners who missed the exercise in 2019.
Dr. Ejikeme said the “I AM ALIVE” scheme came as a solution to all the plight and numerous challenges faced by pensioners as well as PTAD officials.
She said the scheme would provide opportunities for the pensioners to get their pensions as and when due while also reducing the stress they go through during verification exercises.
The PTAD secretary noted that the “I AM ALIVE” scheme was a web-based solution as mobile phones and computer systems could be used for easier access to the verification process.
Dr. Ejikeme noted that the pilot of the scheme had kicked off in some states with some pensioners already making use of it.
She stated further that the unfinished verification was affecting them in managing their payment schedule.
Dr. Ejikeme, therefore, encouraged yet-to-be verified pensioners to quickly do so in other to be included on the PTAD database.
One of the pensioners, Mr. Moses Alountade who retired at NIPOST fifteen years ago, said he missed the verification in 2019 due to his poor health at the time.
Mr. Alountade said he was happy to be alive to meet up with this year’s exercise and thanked PTAD for giving him a second chance.
A retired teacher, Mrs. Oluwafunmilayo Bolaji said she missed the 2019 verification due to a communication gap between her and the pensioners’ association.
In the same vein, another pensioner, Mr. James Oyeleye said he was told that the verification would hold in Osun State in 2019 but later discovered that it was held in Ibadan.
The pensioners, therefore, appreciated the PTAD efforts at making the exercise conducive instead of the former rigorous event being witnessed by the second citizens.
Contributing, the National Secretary of Pensioners, Mr. Adeleke Adeniyi said the mop up verification was a right peg in a round hole that is aimed at reducing the untold hardship faced by pensioners in the past.
Mr. Adeniyi added that other pensioners who missed the 2019 verification should endeavour to be fully captured this time around.
Rasheedah Makinde
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