Effects of Pension Administration on Civil Servants in Nasarawa State Head of Service Lafia

Date

2020-09-04

Authors

Abimiku, John
Umar, Elems Mahmoud
Bawa, Basil

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Department of Public Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi.

Abstract

The work designed to assess the issues and challenges of pension Administration on Civil Servants in Nasarawa State Head of Service Lafia. The work adopted a survey method. As the instrument of data collection, oral interview and research questionnaire were used. The analysis of the questionnaire was done based on percentages, allowing the greater or less than factor to influence the judgment gotten from the responses. After which it was discovered that Nasarawa State Head of Service Lafia have a policy on Pension Administration and also, the causes of delay in the administration of pension and gratuity in Nasarawa State Head of Service Lafia is due to poor record system, diversion of allocated funds and also, outright fraud irregularities that ineligible pensioners are on the payroll. Based on the followings, we suggest that since the Nasarawa State Head of Service Lafia have a policy on Pension Administration, the service should ensure the sustainability of this policy towards the growth and productivity of the service and also, the management of the service should find means of handling the poor record system that causes delay in the administration of pension and gratuity within the service by developing adequate record system and ensure that problem associated with diversion of allocated funds are stopped and also, outright fraud irregularities are discouraged whereas the service should ensure that eligible pensioners are on the payroll. Penalty should also be meted out to those who steal pensioner's funds to prevent others who may have the mind and the erring operators to forestall more pension scams in the State

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Pension Administration, Civil Servant, Retirement, Service, Beneficiaries, Pensioners

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