UBA explains delay in March payment for PAP beneficiaries
….Accepts responsibility
Isaac Ombe – Yenagoa
The United Bank for Africa (UBA) says it accepts responsibility for the delay in the payment of some delegates of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) for the month of March .
In a letter to the PAP’s leadership , the bank says the delay was due to some technical issues in the bank’s processing system.
The PAP had written to the bank seeking to know what informed the delay for the payment of March stipends for the delegates following persistent calls from beneficiaries of the PAP that they had not received their stipends for the month of March.
In a statement made available in Yenagoa Thursday by the Special Assistant, Media, to the PAP Administrator, Igoniko Oduma, stated that due to the plethora of complaints from beneficiaries , Dr. Dennis Otuaro, the PAP Administrator , who was concerned by the delay, reached out to the bank through a letter.
In reply to the letter, the UBA leadership explained that some delegates banking with it had not been paid due to glitches in its processing system.
The statement from the media assistant however informed that the bank had processed the refund for the failed transactions into the beneficiaries’ accounts.
In his words : “Due to complaints from some beneficiaries, the Amnesty Office had written to the bank seeking an explanation for the delay.
“The Amnesty Office had disbursed March stipends to all beneficiaries’ accounts and the funds had already left its accounts.
“The office will collaborate with UBA to ensure that all outstanding payment issues are resolved.
“The Office thanks all beneficiaries for their patience and display of patriotism in reacting to this unexpected development.”
