The Senate yesterday threatened to issue a warrant of arrest on the Head of Services (HOS) and Accountant Generals (AG) of Abia, Anambra, Imo and Ebonyi states over their failure to appear and make presentations on how the state governments have managed the Pension scheme in their states.
This is as revelations emerged that the Enugu State government owes N1.4bn gratuity to pensioners who retired 10 months ago N1.4bn, even as the state has not paid gratuities to pensioners in the past six years.
The joint Committee of the senate on Establishment, State and Local Government Affairs, issued the threat yesterday while investigating the irregularities and maladministration plaguing the pension scheme in the country.
Miffed at the refusal of the HOS(s) and AG(s) to make presentations, the chairman of the joint committee Sen. Aloysius Akpan Etok, pointed out that no person would be allowed to sabotage the probes, adding that if they failed to appear within seven days in Abuja, they would be arrested.
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