PenCom, has commenced moves to bring millions of transport workers into Nigeria’s pension system through the Personal Pension Plan, PPP

By Victor Ahiuma-Young The Federation of Informal Workers Organizations of Nigeria, FIWON, has called on the Federal Government to urgently expand pension and healthcare coverage to millions of informal workers across the country, describing the current level of social protection as grossly inadequate. Read Also: Tinubu’s gratuity restoration raises decades-old payment questions — NLC  In a […]

Military pensioners across the country are facing a growing threat from fraudsters seeking to steal their personal and banking information

•Says voluntary exits misrepresented By Victor Ahiuma-Young The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, has strongly refuted reports alleging a managerial crisis and mass resignation of workers within the organisation, insisting that recent staff departures were part of a carefully planned Voluntary Retirement Exercise, VRE, designed to reform and reposition the agency.The Fund described the […]

Odunaiya noted that the measure demonstrates the Tinubu administration’s commitment to the welfare of pensioners and its resolve to identify and correct long-standing inequities

NSITF has reaffirmed its commitment to protecting Nigerian workers and ensuring that families of employees who die in the course of their duties are not abandoned

FIWON has demanded 50:50 pension co-contribution scheme for informal workers to strengthen social protection for millions of Nigerians

On the debate around reinstating gratuity, he said the private sector had long moved away from the system, opting instead to strengthen pension contributions

The companies shut down between 2002 and 2004 without paying workers their terminal benefits, leaving more than 9,000 employees jobless and financially stranded

PenCom, has inaugurated a free healthcare initiative for retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, targeting pensioners earning less than N70,000 monthly