The Senate President, who was represented by the Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, said: “These people, the administrators stealing pension funds, can never live in peace because the prayers of these old men and women who have diligently served the country will haunt them and their children’s children. I implore the committee to unravel all the issues pertaining to the mismanagement of pension funds in the country and bring the perpetrators to book. Let me assure that this committee has the full backing of the Senate on this.”
Meanwhile, Obada who made gave the assurance to some of the retirees in Lagos at the ongoing annual verification exercise being held at the grounds of the Nigerian Army, 9th Brigade, Ikeja, said: “The yearly verification exercise is to ensure that we are paying the right people and not ghost retirees. We insist it to checkmate relatives of deceased retirees from claiming the benefits of a dead person.”
THISDAY gathered that the verification exercise which began yesterday, would involve biometric data capture.
Obada said: “This exercise will involve the biometric data capture which includes the iris scan and finger print capture.”
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