The National Pension Commission on Wednesday directed the Pension Fund Administrators to investigate the death certificates presented by beneficiaries of the deceased before payment of death benefits.
The Acting Director-General of PenCom, Mrs Aisha Dahir-Umar, gave the directive in Abuja.
Dahir-Umar said that the agency had received series of complaints from retirees that some PFAs paid death benefits to their next-of-kins even while they were still active in service.
According to the commission, it became imperative to curb the menace and strengthened the process of payments of the death benefits.