National Pensions Commission (PenCom), says only pensioners who have completed the online enrollment will be paid.
Gatekeepers News reports that PenCom has advised pensioners who have not completed their online enrollment to do so as soon as possible so that can be paid.
PenCom’s Head of Corporate Communications, Peter Aghahowa, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday.
This also includes employees of the Federal Government treasury-funded MDAs who were slated to retire in September 2021 and those who missed prior enrolment activities.
PenCom earlier stated that all parties involved must complete their verification and enrolment with their respective Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) by October 29, 2021.
According to PenCom, those affected have self-assisted and Pension Desk Officer (PDO)/PFA-Assisted enrolling alternatives.
Aghahowa said the Self-Assisted Registration requires affected retirees/prospective retirees to go to PenCom’s website, www.pencom.gov.ng, to begin the online enrollment process by enrolling and recording their job details.
He further advised participants to upload scanned copies of the needed documents before going to their respective Pension Fund Administrator (PFA) for physical verification and enrolment.
Aghahowa said.“For those that have enrolled, their payment is been processed now and payment will commence soon. The online enrollment has been on for a long time and it’s a basic criterion for every pensioner to do.”
According to him, any payment to be done would be based on those that have completed the online enrollment. Aghahowa said, “This is a transition period from manual to automated enrollment and the commission has made efforts to enlighten pensioners, retirees are advised to enrol online.”
He further enjoined enrolled retirees to be patient, stating that the commission is working hard to make sure they get paid.
In September 2021, Employees of Treasury-funded Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) who retired between January and August 2021 were instructed by the PenCom to enrol online for their yearly pre-retirement verification exercise.
PenCom recommended pensioners and prospective retirees go to PenCom’s website to begin the online enrolment procedure for the year 2021.
According to Aghahowa, online enrolment application went live on Sept. 1, 2021, and retirees and prospective retirees were given a deadline of Oct. 29, 2021, which was later extended to Dec. 31, 2021.
He explained that only employees of the Federal Government Treasury-Funded MDAs are eligible to participate in the 2021 online verification and enrollment exercise.
