Staff Audit: Pensioners with serious health challenges to partake via telephone, says Osun govt

Osun State Government has said all bedridden pensioners and others with serious health challenge will henceforth have their audit exercise conducted through telephone.

A statement signed by the State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, disclosed that such pensioners will no longer be required to be physically present at the venue of the screening exercise.

The statement added that pensioners who are currently outside the State would have their screening conducted via the same means.

“Pensioners outside the state at the moment no longer need to travel down to Osun State as they will also be having their screening through the telephone.

“Additionally, pensioners in the diaspora will also be screened only through video calls.

“In line with the above, the Pension Board is expected to make available all the particulars, especially pictures of pensioners to the Consultant, for ease of identification during the video call screenings.

“The above directives take immediate effect,” the statement reads.

It would be recalled that three pensioners collapsed during the ongoing staff audit exercise while the exercise was yet to commenced on Monday.