NPC targets informal sector in new pension regime

Energised by the successes recorded by the new pension reform, which led to monumental increment of pension holdings to the tune of N6 trillion, the National Pension Commission (NPC) is set to target the informal sector in the first quarter of 2017.

The Director General of the Commission, Mrs. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, disclosed this last Friday at an executive breakfast meeting held by Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria, with the theme: “Corporate Governance: a Pension Industry perspective”.

She said the decision was hinged on the number of the informal sector, which consist a large chunk of the nation’s work force, adding that macro-pension scheme is also been introduced to the grassroots for effectiveness.

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