*PTAD to effect payment
President Muhammadu has given his approval for the payment of pension benefits to some members of Armed Forces, Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and some paramilitary officers that took part with the secessionist group in the 1967 civil war, who were earlier dismissed from the service after the war.
The dismissal of the officers was later converted to retirement through a presidential amnesty granted on May 29, 2000 by the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo.
A statement by the management of Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) in Abuja indicated that President Buhari on Wednesday approved the payment of the pension benefits to the affected officers and their next-of-kin.
A verification was conducted for the pardoned officers by the defunct police pension office and recently PTAD on one hand and the Police Service Commission on the other hand.
In spite of the presidential pardon and verification of the officers, many of them remained unpaid years after the pardon.
According to the statement, PTAD is to commence the payment of the benefits to retired war affected police officers on Friday in Enugu.
It said the first batch of payment would also involve the pay-rolling of 162 affected officers and 57 next-of-kin that were yet to be paid the death benefits of their deceased persons.
