PTAD Pays N55.9bn Outstanding Pension Arrears

The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has successfully disbursed a total sum of N55.9bn 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.

This payment covers N13,411,400,362.87 as monthly pensions across all operations pension departments, including Diaspora Pensioners, while N42,501,348,236.06 was paid as pension arrears.

The arrears payment covers outstanding obligations arising from the N32,000.00 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.

The breakdown of the arrears payment across the pension departments showed that
Police Pension Department (PPD) got N5,881,592.00 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 and Defunct and Transferred Agencies Department (DTAD) N15,066,055,536.83 paid to 24,995 Pensioners, among others

With these payments, arrears resulting from the ₦32,000.00 pension increment have been fully liquidated across all pension departments, except for one month each outstanding for pensioners in the PaPD and TEHD.

Speaking on this milestone payments, the Executive Secretary of PTAD; Tolulope Odunaiya, stated that the payments reflect President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to the welfare of senior citizens, in line with the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.

She further reaffirmed the Directorate’s commitment to clearing the remaining one month arrears owed to PaPD and TEHD, while continuing to implement initiatives aimed at improving the welfare and overall well-being of DBS Pensioners.