Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged President Bola Tinubu to ensure the stoppage of further collection of life pensions and other allowances of former governors who are serving as ministers in his administration from the states while they…
Switzerland discriminating against men on pension benefits, ECHR finds
The Swiss government is discriminating against men in its rules on pension benefits, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found. The decision will cost millions in backdated payments, and force the government to rewrite pension law. Currently, women…
Why I cleared inherited N35bn unpaid pension as Anambra Governor – Obi
Former Governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has revealed that he was touched to pay off an accumulated pension and gratuity debt of N35 billion,…
Payment of December salaries, pension excites Abia workers (Guardian)
Some civil servants in Abia on Monday commended the State Government for prompt payment of their December salaries and pensions. The workers gave the commendation in a statement made available by the state Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi, to…
Investigate death certificates before payment, PenCom tells PFAs (Punch)
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.…
