Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Monday appeared at the office of the Auditor General For Local Government, venue of the ongoing pensioners’ verification exercise at around 3 o’clock in the evening.
Zulum who earlier attended to several heads of Agencies and parastatal at his annexe office at the State Secretariat Complex charged the verification committee to adhere strictly to their terms of reference.
The state shall handle all its responsibilities
Zulum during the visit had one on one interaction with some of the pensioners present at the venue.
The Governor’s visit was to assess the progress of the excercise been carried out by the committee inaugurated in September 2020 to verify retired workers across the 27 local government areas in Borno, in preparation for payment of pensions and gratuities government is owing retirees.
Zulum also had an interface with the committee members, where he examined documents presented by the retirees.
