Retirees Rise By 27%, Collect N890bn From Govts, Private Sector     The total number of retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme has risen by 27 per cent in two years, data obtained by our correspondent have shown. Specifically, the total number of retirees rose from 291,569 in...

25,645 Workers Move N102.59bn To Other Operators, Dump PFAs       No fewer than 25,645 workers who were displeased with their Pension Fund Administrators have transferred N102.59bn in their Retirement Savings Accounts to other PFAs. The National Pension Commission disclosed this in a presentation titled ‘Understanding the RSA...

PenCom Recovers N608.55m From 25 Defaulting Employers   The National Pension Commission has said it recovered N608.55m from 25 employers who deducted the monthly emoluments of their workers but did not remit to their respective Pension Fund Administrators. PenCom said this in its first-quarter 2021 report obtained...

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...

Lagos Pays N30bn To Retirees In Two Years       Lagos State has paid over N30 billion to retirees in two years, the Director-General, Lagos Pension Commission (LASPEC), Mr. Babalola Obilana, has said. The payment, according to him, was made in the two years of the Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s...

Lagos State Govt Pays Over N4.2bn As Pension Arrears       The Lagos State government has paid N4.203 billion as pension under the Defined Benefits Scheme (DBS), otherwise known as ‘Pay As You Go’, between May 2019 and March 2021, Commissioner for Establishment, Training and Pension, Mrs....