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PenCom debunks lending FG N10tn
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PenCom debunks lending FG N10tn

Melvin onwubuke The Director General of the National Pension Commission, Aisha Dahir-Umar, has denied allegations that the commission loaned N10tn to the Federal Government. In October, the House of Representatives adopted a motion mandating its Committee on Pensions to recover N10 trillion in pension funds loaned by the government. Dahir-Umar In an interview last weekend, […]

PenCom recovers N25.45bn unremitted contributions
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PenCom recovers N25.45bn unremitted contributions

By Melvin Onwubuke   The National Pension Commission has made huge progress in ensuring compliance among employers regarding pension contributions. According to nairametrics, PenCom has successfully retrieved a total N25.45 billion in unremitted pension contributions, from defaulting employers between the years 2012 and 2023. This was disclosed by Mr. Ibrahim Buwai, the Director of Corporate […]

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NGX, PenCom collaborate to boost pension funds in equity market

The Nigerian Exchange Limited has announced that its collaboration with the National Pension Commission will increase the involvement of Pension Fund Administrators in the equity market via the NGX Pension Broad Index. The Acting CEO of Nigerian Exchange Limited, Mr. Jude Chiemeka, noted in a news release that the NGX Pension Broad Index has performed well since its […]

How PenCom invested N130bn pension fund in infrastructure
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How PenCom invested N130bn pension fund in infrastructure

Pension Fund Administrators invested N130.18 billion in infrastructure through the Contributory Pension Scheme as of September 30, 2023. The Punch reported that statistics from the National Pension Commission’s “Unaudited report on pension funds industry portfolio for the period ended 30 September 2023-Approved Existing Schemes, Closed Pension Fund Administrators and RSA Funds (Including unremitted contributions @CBN […]

Workers dump PFAs, new operators get N822bn retirement savings
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Workers dump PFAs, new operators get N822bn retirement savings

203,127 workers have changed their Pension Fund Administrators and transferred N822.37 billion from their Retirement Savings Accounts since the National Pension Commission opened the transfer window. The Punch reported that this information was provided by PenCom in their transfers report titled “Quarterly Summary of Retirement Savings Accounts Transferred by Pension Fund Administrators” for the period […]

PenCom recovers N25.45bn unremitted contributions
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Retirees withdraw N7.79bn savings, quit pension scheme – PenCom

In one year, 15,634 workers who retired under the Contributory Pension Scheme and could not receive up to N10,000 monthly stipends withdrew N7.79 billion from their respective Pension Fund Administrators’ Retirement Savings Accounts. According to The Punch,  National Pension Commission’s weekly report on en-bloc payments to retirees reveal that these retirees were those who had less […]

How PenCom invested N130bn pension fund in infrastructure
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PenCom considers PFA securities lending

The National Pension Commission has stated that regulations are being developed to allow Pension Fund Administrators to engage in securities lending as a form of participation in the capital market. It made this disclosure on Wednesday during a session hosted by PenCom, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Nigerian Exchange Limited. The workshop’s focus […]

PenCom recovers N25.45bn unremitted contributions
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PenCom promises to uphold contributors’ interests

The Director-General of the National Pension Commission, Aisha Dahir-Umar, has stated that PenCom is preserving contributors’ interests as funds under the Contributory Pension Scheme rise. The director-general was addressed at the Lagos 2023 Journalists’ Conference while being represented by the head of the corporate communications department, Abdulqadir Dahiru. According to her, “PenCom’s proactive regulatory strategy has increased the […]

PenCom recovers N25.45bn unremitted contributions
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PenCom deploys agents to recover unpaid pension contributions

The National Pension Commission has announced that it continues to use Recovery Agents to recover unpaid pension contributions and fines assessed against defaulting businesses. According to Vanguard, employee interest in the Contributory Pension Scheme decreased in the first quarter of 2023 as a result of a 10.2% YoY decline in the number of new RSA enrolments […]

PenCom recovers N25.45bn unremitted contributions
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PenCom recovers N384m pension from defaulting employers

By Wilson Adekumola   The National Pension Commission has said that it has recovered N384 million from defaulting employers.   The PenCom’s Director-general, Aisha Dahir-Umar made this known at the 2023 Labour Writers Association of Nigeria workshop, in Lagos, adding it has recovered N384.28 million as pension contributions owed workers by defaulting employers in the […]

PenCom recovers N25.45bn unremitted contributions
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How pension assets hit N15.58tn – PenCom

The total pension assets of the National Pension Commission, PenCom, is currently over N15.58 trillion. The Director-General of the commission, Aisha Dahir-Umar, revealed this at a workshop organized for the Labour Writers Association of Nigeria, LAWAN, with the theme, “Securing the Future: The Benefits of the Contributory Pension Scheme to the Nigerian Workers,” in Lagos […]

Director-General, PenCom, Aisha Dahir-Umar
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168k workers transfer N664bn pension funds to other administrators – PenCom

Since the National Pension Commission opened up the option to transfer pension funds, 168,768 workers have moved their Retirement Savings Accounts worth N663.761bn to different Pension Fund Administrators. This was recently disclosed by PenCom in their “Quarterly summary of Retirement Savings Accounts transferred by Pension Fund Administrators” spaning from the fourth quarter of 2020 to […]

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