The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) on Monday confirmed that it had finalised the disbursement of the funds to the pensioners across the four pension departments.
The agency, in a statement dated August 11, 2025, and signed by its Head of the Corporate Communications Unit, Olugbenga Ajayi, maintained that the move was in line with the government’s commitment to clear outstanding pension liabilities.
It clarified: “In keeping with its assurance to clear outstanding pension liabilities as funds are disbursed by the Federal Government, the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has finalised the disbursement of N5,119,328,000 to 90,689 pensioners across the four pension departments, reaffirming its continued dedication and unwavering commitment to pensioners’ welfare,”
A breakdown of the payment showed that 8,626 pensioners in the Customs, Immigration, and Prisons Pension Department (CIPPD) received N276,032,000, 9,681 pensioners under the Police Pension Department benefitted N619,584,000 in the disbursement; 12,773 retirees in the Civil Service Pension Department got N408,736,000; and 59,609 retirees in the Parastatals Pension Department received N3,814,976,000
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The PTAD management stated that the payment reaffirmed the administration’s ongoing commitment to ensuring that pensioners receive their due entitlements in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of the present administration.
The disclosure by PTAD came as retirees under the auspices of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners on Monday protested over their unpaid 35 months of pension arrears, and non-payment of N35,000 palliative to retirees from various agencies, including the defunct Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (Nitel), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), and the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC).
The agency’s spokesman recalled that PTAD had previously settled arrears related to the first pension increment of 20 per cent to 28 per cent, which came into effect in January 2024, adding that the approval aligned with the President’s directive on the immediate implementation of an extra budgetary allocation to enforce new pension rates for DBS pensioners.
According to him, the directive also approved the adoption of a proposed pension harmonisation policy, which will be incorporated into the 2026 pension budget, while health insurance coverage for all DBS pensioners was approved, ensuring access to essential healthcare services, the agency said.
Ajayi listed the President’s directive, which was sequel to a request submitted by Odunaiya, who urged the Presidency to authorise emergency budgetary allocations to implement critical pension reforms, as including unpaid liabilities owed to NITEL/MTEL pensioners and other retirees from defunct parastatals in the 2026 budget proposal.
The proposed reforms comprised a new pension rate of N32,000 and incremental increases of 10.66 per cent and 12.95 per cent for pensioners from defunct and privatised agencies.
