Nigeria: FG Releases N7.8 Billion for Paramilitary Pension Arrears

25 December 2008

The federal government has released N7.8 billion to the Customs, Immigration and Prison Pension Office (CIPPO) for the payment of paramilitary pensioner's cumulative arrears.

This was disclosed by the chairman House of Representatives Committee on Pension Mr. Abdulrazak Adewusi at the commencement of the payment of arrears of pension to paramilitary pensioners in Gwagwalada, Abuja.

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