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FG’s unfunded pension liability hits N1.23bn Sunday Ojeme
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nfunded Federal Government’s pension liability has been put at over N1.23 billion by the Debt Management Office (DMO).
A document obtained by New Telegraph quoted the debt office as describing the unfunded pension liability as contingent liability. Contingent liabilities are liabilities that may be incurred by an entity depending on the
outcome of an uncertain future event such as a court case. These liabilities are not recorded in a company's accounts and shown in the balance sheet. The Director, Market Development Department at DMO, Ms. Patience Oniha, said the
office issued Pension Arrears Bonds in 2006/2007. According to her, the Federal Government securities have the largest share of pension assets, estimated at 60 per cent. She said the pension reform CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
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A university don and managemen t of National Youth the Service Corps (NYSC ) have continued to trade words over her ‘missi ng’ discharge certificate 32 years after
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hirty-Two years after completed she sory one-yethe compular Nation Youth al (NYSC) schem Service Corps Ategbe Abibae, Ms Stephania tu Alofuo Ghogomu, is yet to receiv khaiNYSC Discha rge Certifi e her The develo cate. ued to genera pment has contin te malais the NYSC e between Ghogomu and Ms Alofuokhaikuokha), who(formerly Evboi by her employis being challengedpended her er, which has susfrom work failure to over her produc Narrating e the certificate. Alofu okhai her plight, Ms -Ghog omu, rently a lecture curr at the Federa University , l elsa State, Otuoke (FUO), Baywith the NYSC State Code Numb er Call-Up Numb BD/82/3375 and recalled that er FORN/82/9564, the schem she participated in e 20, 1982 and between December December 19, 1983. According to her, she to Nigeria in 1982 after returned cation in the United her eduand enrolle Kingdom d for the one-year Nation mandatory al Youth Servic Corps schem e e. The 1981 The letter Language graduate of Germa of referen n Educa ce at the Manch tion/Sociolog y (now Manch ester Polytechnic, University), ester Metropolitan where she was later retaine (UK), said United Kingdom Graduate Assista d as nt upon comple tion of to the Deparshe was deploy ed Decem the NYSC progra tment mme in Languages, of Foreig ber 1983. n Lamenting (UNIBEN), University of Benin Benin City fuokhai-Ghog her ordeal, Aloold Bende in the then omu l State (now Edo State), Telegraph that her told the New plight began in 2012, when er, the managher current employ They looked eral Univer ement of the Fed-into their “Book based on the sity, Otuoke, acting to ensure law of the institution of Life” and that show eviden all its employees found that I the Nation ce of completion duly of al Youth Servic scheme, reques e Corps registered as kayode olanr NYSC Discha ted for either her a ewaju rge Certifi corps memb Letter of EDITOr, EDUCAT cate or er Exemption kayode olanrewa ION by the schem as issued on Decem ju@ e. newtelegraphonlin ber 20, Alofuokhai-G e.com could not produc hogomu, who 1982 © Daily Telegrap e either, h Publishin explained g Company that rather however, Limited issued the than being discha she was issued rge certificate, with a Letter of
cate, which visit to the led to her freque nt retariat andEdo State NYSC Secters in Abuja,the NYSC Headquarthe Federa Territory. l Capital In a letter NYSC Direct addressed to the tember 25, or-General on SepGhogomu 2013, Alofuokhainarrated turn to the how on recountry on 30, 2012 she December ment with secured an emplo ythe Otuoke, but Federal University , had to be by her employ suspended er on May for “non-a 6, 2013 Olawunmi vailability Johnson, NYSC discharge/ex of DG emption NYSC cate.” certifiReference by the NYSC, She reitera she lamen even as ted: “In view ted despite predic of tempts at securing her several at- Secret ament, I went to Edo my certificate, ariat State the NYSC discharge 2013 with of NYSC on May to provide was unable 8, the hope such. of collect my certific ing She explain ate which ed: “Upon I ly believe pletion of the comd that after had strongthe progra 30 years it presented mme, I was should have been with a Letter waitin ence and of Refer- lection. But on arriva g for colwas employment offered full time that all certificates l, I was told not collect of UNIBE by the authorities by their owner s are usuall ed N. In April turned to university y resent me to 1988, the after two the NYSC headqu arters for furthe weeks. They r study andGermany their looked into “Book 1983 and between 1988 that I duly of Life” and found I consistently before I travele registered d, memb went as a corps to the NYSC State Secret er on Decem ber was then certificate ariat for my origina directed to 20, 1982. I but which l ter confirm collect a letrefused to the schem ing that I did issue.” e registe not only r, but Meanwhile, service with duly completed my since the of her stay period the Univer in nin, among sity of BeGermany fuokhai-Gho other , Aloshe did not gomu noted that could get a letter details, so that I of and hence need the certificate to the headquarters.introduction “However, ing NYSC she stopped bother at Abuja until she - Headq NYSC returned the countr uarters, with to y the help of a lecturing in 2012, and took up one official in employment department, the certification Federal Univer with the Tunde, we simply identified “However, sity, Otuoke. as looked NYSC dischathe request of my of issued certific at the log-book ates for 1981-19 rge certifi service years my new emplo 84 cate by where it was that the yer and could not found produce has which I for whichlast state code numbe my presen put me in a certificate r t predicament 1982/1 was issued fuokhai-Ghog 983 for Bende omu said, ,” Alo- BD/82/3369, l State was the NYSC while my authorities blaming is BD/82 number trating her. /3375. for frus“Meanwhile, According discrepancies as a result of the ty had throug to her, the univer , I siwas 12, 2014 servedh a letter of March back to Benin for asked to go a copy of a reminder call-up letter and her inabili my on her or letter of referparticipation ty to prove her ence but the officia in Following national service. told me that they ls in Benin had chang mand for her the repeated de- offices for more ed NYSC certific and so produc than three times her new emplo ate by might ing such docum yer, the lecture recalled how be difficu ent r in 2013 she According lt.” efforts at resumed to Alofuo retrieving khaiher certifi -
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