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The Ebonyi State Government has cleared 2,099 retirees\u2019 gratuities from 1996 to 2023.<\/p>\n

This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday by the Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Jude Chikadibia Okpor, in Abakiliki.<\/p>\n

As of Thursday, May 9, 2024, the last batch (Phase 11) of 256 retirees from 1996 and 2021, had been cleared and paid in full, for a total gratuity of three hundred and ninety-four million, nine hundred and seven thousand, seven hundred and eighty-four naira, and ninety-one kobo (N394,907,784.91).<\/p>\n

Also cleared and paid during the seven-day exercise were 277 retirees between 2022 and 2023, with the total gratuity paid amounting to one billion, thirty million, nine hundred and seventy-two thousand, eight hundred and seventy naira, and five kobo (N1,030,972,870.05).<\/p>\n

According to the statement, the Ebonyi State Government has cleared all arrears of gratuity owed retirees from the creation of the state in 1996 to 2023, with a total gratuity sum of five billion, thirty-six million, two hundred and eleven thousand, one hundred and four naira, and six Kobo (N5,036,211,140.6) paid to a total of 2,099 retirees.<\/p>\n

Further breakdown of the total sum and beneficiaries revealed that the Nwifuru administration in the first phase of the exercise paid a total of three billion, six hundred and thirty thousand, four hundred and eighty-five naira, and sixty-four kobo (N3,610,330,485.64) to 1,566 retirees, who patiently awaited their entitlement from 1996 to 2021.<\/p>\n

A total of 533 retirees were cleared and paid a total gratuity of one billion, four hundred and twenty-five million, eight hundred and eighty thousand, six hundred and fifty-four naira, and ninety-six kobo (N1, 425,880,654.96) in the second phase.<\/p>\n

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