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The Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria has emphasized that workplace mental health programs must be given top priority by corporate firms.
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Prioritize mental health, pension operators urge organizations

The Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria has emphasized that workplace mental health programs must be given top priority by corporate firms. In order to inform professionals in the pension business about leveraging mental health for long-lasting change, PenoP made the call during a webinar it organized on “Mental health, managing stress and depression.” The […]

FG may increase employee pensions in 2024 - Wages Commission
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10% Nigerians have access to pensions – Report

The managing director of Norrenberger Pensions Limited, Mr. Hamisu Bala Idris, has revealed that only 10% of Nigerians have access to pension plans. According to Vanguard, Idris also stated that 80% of Nigerian pensioners depend only on their monthly pension for survival.  He made these remarks at a retirement planning session in Abuja aimed at equipping […]

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 […]

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Stanbic IBTC Pension tasks workers to plan for retirement

The Executive Director of Stanbic IBTC Pension Manager, Nike Bajomo, has encouraged employees and customers to gain the necessary knowledge to lead a comfortable life after retirement. According to The Punch, Bajomo stated this during a one-day seminar/training session organized by the company for its retiring workers and clients. She further emphasized the significance of […]

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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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FG’s spending on pension, gratuity drops to N356bn

The Federal Government’s expenditure on pensions and gratuity fell slightly by N3.48bn in 2021, according to figures obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The CBN revealed in its data on ‘Federal Government recurrent expenditure’ that the amount spent fell from N359.6bn in 2020 to N356.12bn in the 2021 financial year. Despite yearly allocations, the […]