Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, has said his administration is working with the management of the state university to resolve the dispute over the payment of pensions and gratuities owed some retired workers of the institution. Nwifuru spoke while responding to an appeal by more than 200 retirees who sought his intervention over the non-payment of their retirement benefits. The governor explained that the responsibility for employing workers of the university rested with the institution's management, rather than directly with the state government, adding that the existing legal framework did not automatically make the state responsible for their retirement benefits. According to him, the key issue was determining the appropriate authority responsible for the payment of the affected workers' pensions and gratuities.
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