FG Approves Monies to Pay Death Benefits of 497 Workers

The Federal Government has approved the sum of N1.3 billiin to pay death benefits of 497 deceased workers in the federal civil service

Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, the Permanent Secretary, Service Welfare Office (SWO), Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF) disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday at the 2nd Edition of the Parmanent Secretary’s Quarterly Forum with Labour Leaders in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).

She said that the figure was part of the 563 next-of-kin of the beneficiaries screened for payment across 116 MDAs in January. “To confirm the veracity of the claim requests submitted by the MDAs, after the verification exercise, a total of 497 next-of -kins of deceased officers were cleared for payment of N1.3bn,” she said.

She assured that payment to beneficiaries would commence before the end of April.
Source: Vanguardngr