PTAD Disburses N55.9bn in Pensions, Arrears to Retirees Nationwide

The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has disbursed a total of N55.9 billion as monthly pensions and pension arrears to eligible pensioners and next-of-kin of deceased pensioners under the Defined Benefits Scheme (DBS) in December 2025.

According to PTAD’s Head of Corporate Communications Unit, Olugbenga Ajayi, the payment covered N13.411 billion as monthly pensions across all operations pension departments, including diaspora pensioners, while N42.501 billion was paid as pension arrears.

“The arrears payment covers outstanding obligations arising from the N32,000 pension increment, as well as the 10.66 per cent and 12.95 per cent pension increments, in addition to other accrued pension arrears, gratuity, and death benefits owed to eligible beneficiaries,” PTAD stated.

The breakdown of arrears payment across pension departments includes Police Pension Department (PPD), N5,881,592 paid to 5 pensioners; Customs, Immigration and Prisons Pension Department (CIPPD), N604,332,733.96 paid to 8,606 pensioners; Civil Service Pension Department (CSPD), N16,362,359,730.91 paid to 71,643 pensioners.

Defunct and Transferred Agencies Department (DTAD), N15,066,055,536.83 paid to 24,995 pensioners; Parastatals Pension Department (PaPD), N7,808,635,906.98 paid to 25,718 pensioners; Tertiary Education and Health Department (TEHD), N2,370,854,790.39 paid to 28,245 pensioners; and Gratuity and Death Benefits, N289,109,536.99 paid to eligible next-of-kin of deceased pensioners.

PTAD Executive Secretary, Tolulope Odunaiya, stated that the payments reflect President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s commitment to senior citizens’ welfare, aligning with the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.