Enugu state local government service commission has trained over 200 retirees across the 17 local government areas of the state on retirement benefits to cushion the effects of benefits of retirement in the state.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!The chairman Enugu states local government service commission Prof. Osy Okanya said that the workshop was organized in the state to transposition retirement to empowerment for fulfilling post service life.
Prof. Okanya, in a remark, explained that the workshop was to bring together retirees across the 17 local government areas to accrematize with a new phase of life after retirement.
In his words.”Retirement comes with a number of challenges, reduces income, health challenges, loneliness, depression and dejection. The Commission organized the training workshop to help retirees adjust to the realities of life after retirement .
The chairman, however, informed the retirees that a lot of improvement has been made by the state government to ensure that retirees do not suffer delays in payment of pension and other benefits through data capturing strata .
Prof. Okanya said that those who retired six months ago have been enrolled and captured, stressing that local government staff now earn the same salary with other civil servants in the state.
“Retirees would no longer wait for enrollment, which is now done immediately, and payment of pensions follow seamlessly by the state government of Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah administration”
The three days workshop for local government retirees across the 17 local government areas in the state cover psychological adjustment to retirement, health and wellness issues in retirement, retirement planning and management, social security and pension management.
Other areas include financial literacy, wealth creation, entrepreneurship, and small business management. Networking and building social relationships, personal development and skills, and enhancement
Our correspondent reports that over 200 retirees participated in the three days workshop empowered by Victama Enterprise Synergies in partnerships with Pre-Retirement, entrepreneurship, and agriculture, among others.