TINUBU TO WORLD LEADERS: WE WON'T RAISE TAXES ON VULNERABLE NIGERIANS. (PHOTO).
Tinubu To World Leaders: We Won’t Raise Taxes On Vulnerable Nigerians .....Says his administration prioritising the poor ....Governors to take position on tax bills ....We strongly support reforms – IMF President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured world leaders that his administration will continue to prioritise the welfare of the poor and most vulnerable even as the economic reforms bear fruit. President Tinubu stated this on Wednesday night in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, paid him a courtesy call on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders’ Summit. While acknowledging that the reforms had weakened Nigerians’ purchasing power, President Tinubu, in a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said his administration will continue to provide social safety nets to cushion the unintended consequences. LEADERSHIP Friday reports that the Tinubu administration’s twin policies of fuel subsidy removal and currency float
According to a statement issued by the Head of Service,Mrs Shade Jaji,the directive is part of efforts by the present administration to find a holistic solution to the issue of payment of pension entitlements to retirees under the Pay-as-You-Go pension Scheme which was discontinued in April,2007 as well as outstanding accrued pension rights due to retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme.Jaji said that the state Government has developed a comprehensive payment plan to resolve all outstanding pension issues in the immediate {short},medium and long terms.The short and immediate term plan,according to her,is for pension payments to MDAs and Parastatals including Local Governments and the State Universal Basic Education Board,SUBEB,which will be made monthly commencing from August 2015.The Head of Service said that these efforts were the outcome of painstaking deliberations by the Public Service Pensions Office,the Lagos State Pensions Commission,the Head of Service and the empathy of Governor Ambode to reduce,if not totally clear the outstanding liabilities due to retirees in the mainstream public service,Local Governments/SUBEB and Parastatals in the state.The N11 billion will be used to offset pension liabilities in arrears since 2010.
Abeg let them pay ooo, my mum is a Lagos state pensioner, and has not recieved a kobo two years after retirement.
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