The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate has officially unveiled a technology to fish out ghost and dead government pensioners under the Directorate.
The technology dubbed, ‘I’m Alive’ Confirmation Solution (IAAC), will be used for a verification exercise that will begin with the Police Directorate from the 14th April to October 13, 2023.
The IAAC is an online application designed to enable pensioners under the Defined Benefits Scheme to easily confirm they’re still alive from the comfort of their homes or neighbourhood, using either a smartphone or a computer system.
Speaking at the unveiling ceremony in Abuja, the Executive Secretary, PTAD, Chioma Ejikeme, said the technology will reduce the cost of the outdated field verification method.
She however, assured pensioners that the “I Am Alive” confirmation solution has been designed with their utmost welfare in mind leveraging on accuracy, reliability, user -friendliness and convenience.
The verification exercise began with a pilot phase which sampled 50,000 pensioners randomly selected from the four operational departments in the Directorate.
The “I AM ALIVE” technology was conceived in 2018, the conceptual development began in 2020 and inaugurated in October 2021.
