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The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, has called on the Pension Industry Leadership Council (PILC) to scale up Nigeria’s Micro Pension Plan, adopt digital innovations, and offer incentives to bring informal sector workers—including artisans, traders, and small business owners—into the national pension net. Speaking…
A delegation of the ECOWAS Parliament has toured Liberia’s National Social Security and Welfare Corporation (NASSCORP) in Monrovia, seeking lessons on how robust pension administration can buttress economic inclusion across West Africa. The visiting team—drawn from the parliament’s Joint Committee on Administration, Finance & Budget; Public Accounts; Macroeconomic Policy & Economic Research; and Industry & Private…
The money is to clear the backlog owed 1,559 pensioners of local government councils in the state, which accumulated since 1986.
