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By Okite Okite
Due to the second wave of Covid-19, the Federal Government has put in place an automated verification process for prospective retirees in 2021.
TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG ) reports the verification exercise which is held annually could not take place due to the pandemic coupled with the sudden second wave which started in November 2020.
In a circular exclusively obtained by TNG on Thursday released by the National Pension Commission entitled: NATIONAL PENSION COMMISSION
NOTICE
ON
THE PRE-RETIREMENT
VERIFICATION
AND
ENROLMENT OF EMPLOYEES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TREASURY FUNDED MINISTRIES, DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
(MDAs), DUE FOR RETIREMENT BETWEEN JANUARY AND
DECEMBER 2021, the commission placed 2021 retirees on notice.
The exercise is expected to commenced in the first quarter of 2021.
Read the Notice Below:
This is to inform employees of Treasury Funded MDAs of the Federal Government that are due to retire from service between January and December 2021, that the
National Pension Commission (PenCom) is unable to conduct the annual physical enrolment exercise this year due to the Coronavirus pandemic
(COVID-19).
However, the Commission is putting an automated process in place that would ensure seamless conduct of the annual verification/enrolment exercise. This new process has two options for the prospective retirees, namely self-assisted or the Pension Fund Administrator (PFA) assisted option.
The self-assisted option entails a prospective retiree scanning original copies of all relevant documents required for the exercise and uploading these documents to
the Enrolment web portal located on the Commission’s website (www.pencom.gov.ng). After carrying out this process, the retiree is required to visit his/her PFA for the verification and validation of the submitted documents.
If a prospective retiree chooses the PFA assisted option, he/she is required to initiate and conclude the Verification/Enrolment process by visiting his/her PFA to verify and validate all relevant original documents to enable the PFA upload these documents to the Commission.
This exercise is scheduled to commence within the first quarter in 2021. Details will be published in the national newspapers and on the Commission’s website on
or before 31 March, 2021.
The Commission assures prospective retirees and the public of its commitment to excellent service delivery.