LIFE CERTIFICATE
FORM
Since the pensions are paid through
the sub-treasuries seated within the state, the pension are requested to
submit life certificate twice a year, six months from the date of placement on
monthly pensions.
It is new common practice that other
pensioners should equally submit life certificate form as part of correct
number of pensioners in the pay roll at a particular time.
GUARANTEED PENSION
Where a
pensioner dies before the expiration of 5 years in retirement the beneficiaries
or
survivors will be entitled to the balance of the unearned pension payment in
made by submission of (i) an application to the effect (ii) stamped death
certificate letter of administration, on receipt of the application, the
recorded next of Kin is as contained.
Name_________________ Mr. A
Date of 1st
appointment-------------1_1_79
Date of
Retirement-------------------1_8_94
Calculation-----------------------------1_17_79
to 1_8
=94______8------------1
_ 79--------1-----------1
this is 15 years
7 months and based on section 1 (2)b of Decree No. 102 of 1979, any period of
service over six months should count as one year. Therefore Mr. A has sixteen
years as his total.
The computation
officer should be edge- eyed when going through files to ensure fairness and to
effect deduction in the case any indebtedness to government.
2.6 payment of
pension/ gratuity
The payment of pension/ gratuity
starts with the processing of pension documents in the pension office for the
local government staff of the state. After computation, it is then sent to the
office of the auditor general for local government-for auditing and
extraction.