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FG to train prospective Retirees on Contributory Pension Scheme

Peter Aghahowa

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has concluded plans to hold the 2019 pre-retirement workshops for staff of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) who are due to retire in 2020.

According to a statement signed by Peter Aghahowa, head, corporate communication at PENCOM, the workshop is designed to educate the prospective

retirees on the modalities for accessing retirement benefits under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS).

The workshop will hold between 17 and 25 June,

2019 at 15 centres across the six geo-political zones of the federation and FCT, it said.

“The centers scheduled for the exercise include; Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Port-Harcourt, Ilorin, Gombe, Bauchi. Others are Owerri, Sokoto, Enugu, Lokoja, Ibadan, Lafia and Benin.”

The commission also stressed that medically unfit employees were exempted from the exercise.