ADOGA: Dear Omobola, my name is Adoga, from
Makurdi, Benue State.
I retired from the Nigerian Railway Cooperation in February 2015.
My PFA is Premium Pension. In 2016, I joined Leadway Pensure for Annuity. Up till now, my 2.5 per cent is yet to be paid. When l visited the premium office in Makurdi, I was asked to apply for payment, which I did since July, this year. Please help me.
PENCOM: Payment has been made into your Retirement Savings Account. Please contact your Pension Fund Administrator.
ODUNAYO: Dear Omobola, when I lodged a complaint against the non-payment of my late brother, Police Corporal Odunayo’s benefits, you asked me to purchase last Wednesday’s edition of The Nation, which I did. But nothing about my case was mentioned.
I even bought a copy of the following day’s edition. Still, nothing came out.
He left young children behind. It is almost five years that his pension has not been paid. Kindly help us.
His PFA is Premium Pension. He died in 2015. While the documents were submitted, the verification was done at the headquarters at Eleweran and even bank statement has been submitted. Yet, we have not got any message from the PFA. Kindly assist us.
PENCOM: PFA says you are yet to provide complete documentation to begin processing. Please visit your PFA and provide the required documentation.
LAURENCE: I wish to express my joy to The Nation and National Pension Commission. I call on the commission to, however, rescue me from dual PIN palaver that I have suffered for long.
Special thanks to Mr Laurence Ogungbemi of Stanbic IBTC Pension office Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.
I travelled to Makurdi, Benue State to process my pension payment. But I was frustrated because they attend to one person per day.
The Makurdi branch of Stanbic IBTC Pension should be closed down since they only attend to one person daily.
PENCOM: Carry out the Data Recapture with your preferred PFA to resolve the issue of double PIN.
ABUBAKAR: Hello, my name is Abubakar. I am a next of kin. The president’s approval of outstanding pension indicated that the 2014 retirees could benefit from it.
But my father died in 2013. Will his death benefit also be paid and what is consolation? How long does it take on average? Thank you.
PENCOM: Please note that for your father’s death benefits to be paid, you must submit some documents to his Pension Fund Administrator (PFA) for processing. If you have done this, please forward to the commission the following details: his RSA PIN, full name, that of PFA as well as other vital information to enable the commission investigate further. Thank you.
OHAI: My name is Ohai. My PFA is Premium Pension. l would like to know the category of retirees being paid? When will this year’s retirees receive their benefits and is there any form to be filled by retirees after verification and taken to court for attestation.
PENCOM: Please confirm if you have done your verification and enrolment. If yes, kindly provide your RSA PIN to enable us investigate further. Please note that you do not need to go to court for any attestation.
ANNONYMOUS: Hello, my name is Akera. I went for my pre-retirement training on July 8, 2019 at Lafia, Nassarawa State and was registered.
Expectedly, on July 6, 2020, I retired from the Federal Ministry of Education. Unfortunately, when I went to process at Stanbic Ibtc office in Makurdi, Benue State where I discovered another PIN was created without my knowledge.
Two years after my retirement, I have not been paid anything because of the dual PIN issue. I had so many capturing, applications on this issue no avail.
I have health challenges. Fortunately, all money like my accrued right, is in my genuine account with Stanbic Ibtc Pension Managers.
Thanks to the National Pension Commission (PenCom) for your exploits in the sector.
PENCOM: Contributions have been reconciled into the valid PIN account with Stanbic IBTC.
Please visit Stanbic IBTC for details.
SAHABI: Hello. I write to complain about my late husband Dr Sahabi, who died in 2013, but his pension is yet to be paid. His PFA is Pal Pension. He worked at FMC. Thank you.
PENCOM: Send RSA details
INSPECTOR MADUFOR: Good day, I retired in 2017. Kindly advise me on the action to take for my pension to be paid.
PENCOM: Send RSA details.
UWEM: Good day, my uncle, Godwin, was a teacher at Poly Staff School, Ibadan for years. He was retired five years ago without any gratuity.
At present, he is languishing in hunger. He has turned a street beggar and his children roam the streets of Ibadan in search of what to eat.
Every effort to meet the Provost of the polytechnic proved abortive. Please, help to savage the elderly man and his suffering children?
PENCOM: Please provide your uncle’s PFA and RSA PIN details to enable the commission investigate further.
ANONYMOUS: Good day, I will like to know how long it takes to get PENCOM’s approval for payment of accrued rights for someone who died in active service.
PENCOM: Please note that the payment of accrued rights of deceased employees of treasury-funded MDAs is subject to the release of funds by the Federal Government.
ADETUNJI: Good day, I am Adetunji from Ibadan. My daughter has got a job and was asked to open a Retirement Savings Account. Please, how do we go about it? Thank you.
PENCOM: Please visit the commission’s website at http://www.pencom.gov.ng for a list of Pension Fund Administrators (PFAS) and their contacts. Feel free to contact any of them so they can advise you of their nearest branch close to you.
They would assist you in the opening of a Retirement Savings Account (RSA) for your daughter. Thank you.