Obasanjo calls for inclusion of informal sector in pension schemes across Africa
Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has called for inclusion of the informal sector in the pension schemes across African countries.
While speaking at the...
Premium Pension wins African Quality Achievement award
An Abuja-based Pension Fund Administrator (PFA), Premium Pension Limited, has won the Africa’s Most Innovative Pension Company of the Year, 2016 award.
The award was...
‘Insufficient fund in retirement bond account causes pension delay’
The Director, Centre for Pension Right Advocacy (CPRA), Barr Ivor Takor, said lack of sufficient money in the Retirement Benefits Bond Redemption Fund Account...
Economic downturn: Unemployed Nigerians can draw from pension fund
As companies in both public and private sectors keep closing down, with some laying off their staff on daily basis, as a result of...
180 Lagos retirees get N919m pension entitlement
The Lagos State Government has paid a sum of N919 million pension entitlement to 180 retirees who retired from the Mainstream Civil Service, Local...
Non implementation of PRA 2014 slows pension fund growth
Two years after the Pension Reforms Act (PRA) 2014, was passed into law, lack of implementation of the certain provisions, especially the increment in...
Nigeria to host 3rd World Pension Summit
No fewer than 500 pension professionals are expected to converge at the 3rd edition of World Pension Summit (WPS), which Nigeria is hosting, to...
Disengaged workers collect N50bn in new pension scheme
No fewer than 159,361 disengaged Nigerian workers were paid N49.55 billion pension entitlement after they were unable to secure a new job, four months...
Pension experts urge govt to prioritise funding workers’ accounts
Pension experts have charged the federal and state governments to prioritise funding of their respective workers' Retirement Savings Accounts (RSAs), saying FG has been...
Beware of pension fraudsters, Lagos warns retirees
The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC), has warned retirees to beware of pension fraudsters who pretend as acting on...
