Khadijat Yusuf
Abuja
The Chairman, Military Pensions Board AVM Paul Irumheson says the Minister of defence and the of Defence staff has approved the electronic verification exercise for military pensuoners in Abuja.
AVM Irumheson disclosed this over the weekend while briefing journalists on the forthcoming electronic verification exercises. He said the electronic verification exercises aims to sanitize military pension and eliminate impersonation.
This decision is following the Board's pronouncement on 15 Feb 2024, to move from physical verification exercise to electronic verification exercise for military retirees.
AVM Iruhmeson added that the aim of adopting electronic verification to reduce risk of traveling from one place to another and the cost of transportation owing to their old age.
He gave reasons for adopting electronic verification to includes: Security risk of travelling from one place to the other, old age of some of our pensioners and High cost of transportation, particularly for those staying abroad.
The Chairman said sequel, a pilot test of the Electronic Verification Management System was conducted from 19 February to 1 March 2024.
He said the pilot test was very successful as out of the 2000 pensioners that took part in the exercise only 15 persons failed.
He explained that the little observations noticed in the pilot phase have been used to perfect the system.
"The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Muhammed Matawalle, and the chief of defence Staff, General Christopher Musa,have approved the commencement of the Electronic Verification Exercise for our esteemed Veterans".
He assured that the board will carry out sufficient public awareness to educate pensioners on how to carry out the verification.
"Therefore, as the Chairman of MPB, I hereby declare the MPB Electronic Verification Exercise officially open on full scale for all our retired pensioners for a period of 3 months from 1 July to 30 September 2024.
Finally, the Board wishes to advice all pensioners to take active part in this exercise. Those that fail to take part in the Verification Exercise will not get their pensions going forward" he said.
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