Abia: Retiring civil servants plead for quick payment of benefits

Some civil servants in Abia State who are due for retirement have appealed that the payment of their benefits should not be delayed when they eventually exit the service.
The civil servants spoke on Thursday in reaction to a directive issued by the Abia State Head of Service, Mr. Benson Ojeikere, directing those due for retirement to immediately proceed on three months pre-retirement leave.
Ojeikere had in an internal memo dated October 12, 2026, directed all permanent secretaries, heads of non-ministrial departments and all heads of parastatals to direct all workers due for retirement to immediately proceed on the pre-retirement leave.
The directive affected all workers who are 60 ...