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Executive beggar: Lagos begins retiree’s pension payment process after PUNCH report

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  • Lagos State has begun processing pension benefits for retired local government official Michael Odesanya after a Punch report highlighted delays in recognizing his retirement.
  • The Local Government Service Commission approved his retirement retrospectively from March 13, 2026, and said it would publish the notice in the state Gazette.
  • Odesanya welcomed the approval but said the payment process was not yet complete.

Lagos State has begun processing the retirement benefits of Michael Odesanya after a Punch report drew attention to his delayed pension and financial hardship.

Odesanya, a former Chief Administrative and Human Resources Officer in Kosofe Local Government, said the government had issued an approval letter for his retirement. He retired at Grade Level 14 after 30 years in the Lagos Unified Local Government Service, but the government had not acknowledged his retirement five months later.

I am happy to inform your people-oriented outfit that my retirement approval has been given after the PUNCH outcry.

· Michael OdesanyaOdesanya thanked Punch after Lagos approved his retirement.

The Lagos State Local Government Service Commission said Odesanya’s retirement had been approved by the Head of Service on July 30, 2026, retrospectively effective from March 13. In a letter dated August 10, the commission also praised his contribution to the Unified Local Government Service and Lagos State, and said the retirement notice would appear in the official state Gazette.

Odesanya thanked Punch for highlighting his situation. “I am happy to inform your people-oriented outfit that my retirement approval has been given after the PUNCH outcry,” he wrote. But he added that the approval only marked the start of efforts to process his benefits, “but it is not yet eureka.”

It marks the beginning of a concerted effort towards the processing of my retirement benefits, but it is not yet eureka.

· Michael OdesanyaHe said the approval did not mean that his pension payment had been completed.
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