Retired civil servants in Abia have described the process of verification of state pensioners as “cumbersome, unfriendly, rigorous, stressful and harmful” to their health.
The pensioners, some of whom are between the ages of 70 and 90, expressed the concern on Friday when they spoke to newsmen in Umuahia.
The verification began on Monday.
They said that going through the process on daily basis had subjected them to exhaustion and other inconveniences with telling effect on their health.
Mr Christopher Onyemachi, 77, who said that the exercise was not properly organised, said that it should have been organised in batches to avoid the large crowd and the attendant stress.
According to him, the bank handling the exercise should have drawn up a schedule so that people who retired during a specific length of time cant be verified in batches.
“They are using the verification…
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