Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has approved the conditional decentralisation of the ongoing pension audit exercise.
The governor in a release by the state commissioner for information and public enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi in Osogbo yesterday, said the aim is to enable pensioners of all cadres across the state to stay back in their respective areas to alleviate the stress of having to travel long distance for the exercise by the senior citizens.
He said the auditing team will conduct the screening at the headquarters while mobile calls will also be used to access bedridden pensioners adding that pensioners should therefore stop coming to Osogbo for the exercise.
The statement read in part: “Under the adjusted model, pensioners are to be screened at the headquarters of their federal constituencies. This is to be preceded by a pre-screening visitations to the selected centres at the headquarters.
“A test run of the new arrangement is to be held at two federal constituencies before extension of the model to all the remaining seven federal constituencies.
Full security and logistic support are already in place to ensure seamless conclusion of the screening exercise”.
The statement held that the government of Governor Ademola Adeleke holds the pensioners in high esteem and will ensure that the exercise is finally rounded up with full focus on convenience and comfort for the pensioners.
