FG Commences 2019 Retirees Verification, Enrolment

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) said it has commenced the final arrangements for the verification of prospective retirees from the public service scheduled to take place from25th June to 17 August, 2018 in 15 centers across the country.
In a statement from the Commission and made available to Economic Confidential in Abuja, it said the impending exercise necessitated the need to undertake adequate sensitization and public enlightenment for would be retirees on the right steps to take towards a hitch free retirement life.
According to the Commission, the exercise is for employees in the service of the Federal Government Treasury Funded MDAs, who are due to retire from service between January and December 2019 by virtue of attaining the applicable maximum age or length of service, whichever is earlier.
It noted that affected employees are required to personally come along with the original of the under-listed documents for sighting while photocopies of same would be submitted for verification and enrolment:
Letter of First Appointment, Evidence of Transfer of Service and Acceptance (where applicable), Birth Certificate or Declaration of Age, Letter/Evidence of promotion to the Grade Level as at June 2004, Letter/Evidence of ALL promotions obtained from 2004 to date, Letter of Introduction from the MDA, Staff Identity Card.
Other requirements are: Letter/Evidence of Retirement (Applicable to those who have retired Mandatorily/Voluntarily/Disengaged /Termination and yet to enroll with the Commission), Letter of Indemnity from the MDA stating Non-Payment of Retirement Benefits (Applicable to those who retired / disengaged before 2009, Evidence of registration with a Pension Fund Administrator indicating Retirement Savings Account Personal Identification Number (PIN).
The Commission also require that Pension Desk Officers (PDOs) of each MDA should be available at the designated centers to authenticate the documents and endorse the Retirement Bond Registration Form of each potential retiree from his/her MDA, adding that medically unfit employees are exempted from the physical enrolment.
However, Pension Desk Officers of the medically unfit employees are advised to come along with a letter from a suitably qualified physician or medical board certifying that the employee is no longer physically or mentally capable of carrying out the functions of his/her office in addition to documents listed in 2 above.
For ease of access of participant, the exercise is scheduled to hold at fifteen centres through-out the Federation. Participants are advised to adhere strictly to dates assigned to each service sector.