PenCom Bans Charges On Micro Pension       To avert depletion of the micro pension fund, the National Pension Commission (PenCom) has mandated Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) with the fund below N5 million to stop paying fee charges. PenCom Head, Surveillance Department, Ehimeme Ohioma made this known in...

PFAs Invest N8.3trn In FGN Securities       Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) have invested N8.32 trillion in Federal Government’s Securities, out of the N12.39 trillion pension fund assets recorded as at April 2021. According to the National Pension Commission (PenCom) Monthly Summary Report released on April 26, 2021,...

Pension Assets Rise By N92bn To N12.34trn       Pension assets, under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) have risen by N92 billion to hit N12.340 trillion in March 2021 from the N12.248tr recorded in February 2021. The unaudited report on Pension Funds Industry Portfolio released by the National...

Only 11% Of Workforce Is Enrolled In The Pension Scheme – PenOp         Despite the astronomical growth recorded in the pension fund, only 11 percent of workforce is enrolled in the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, and the micro pension schemes and this number needs to improve,...

PenCom To Adopt Electronic Pension Verification       The National Pension Commission (PenCom) said it will adopt an automated electronic process to conduct the annual verification and enrolment exercise. In a statement yesterday, PenCom said due to the COVID-19, it could not conduct the 2020 exercise physically for...

Unremitted Pension: 13 Employers Pay N56.5bn Penalties         Thirteen defaulting employers whose pension liabilities to their employees have been established have been made to pay N56.5 billion penalties by the National Pension Commission (PenCom), according to a report. According to the commission, the money was paid following...