Chairperson of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Rivers State, Beatrice Itubor has raised an alarm over alleged fraud in the State Civil Service.
Itubor in a statement alleged that since the inception of the Contributory Pension Scheme the State Government has not contributed a dime.
Despite the fact that the Board has been collecting monies from pensioners.
She urged the state government to exonerate itself and order the Board to return monies collected from pensioner.
Her statement reads,
“We would like to draw the attention of the Government of Rivers State to the systemic fraud being perpetrated by the Rivers State Pensions Board against pensioners of Rivers State.
“It is in public knowledge that right from the commencement of the Contributory Pensions Scheme in the state; Government has not contributed a dime to the fund. All deductions have been made solely from the employees’ salaries.
“To our chagrin, printouts of contributions made to the funds are now beginning to have some months’ contributions in the employee’s name, while some are in the employer’s name.
“When did the Government of Rivers State contribute these quotas that have been recorded in its name? How did the Rivers State Pensions Board come about the employer’s contribution which it is now deducting from the total sum contributed?
“This is a systemic fraud. Let the Government of Rivers State exonerates itself from this organized crime by ordering the Pensions Board to return to pensioners all money deducted in the name of employer’s contributions because the Government of Rivers State has never contributed a kobo to the fund. If the Government fails to do this, we will meet them in court.
