PENSIONERS in Northern Province will no longer have to leave home before dawn or spend the night at pension payout points to collect their money. The provincial government started increasing the number of pay points this month to reduce the number of elderly who have to stand unsheltered in long queues every month. The aim is to have no more than 1000 pensioners per pay point. “At the moment, you find hundreds and hundreds of people waiting for their pension but at the end of the day they do not get it,” explained health department spokesman, Walter Segooa, on Tuesday. He said many elderly people spent the night at pay points so they could be in front of the queue and get their money early in the day. “Sometimes people are accidentally killed or injured in the overcrowding and when they push each other in line,” he said. Presently there are 393880 pensioners in the province.