The National Pension Commission, PenCom, has prepared a total of 12, 919 employees of the Federal Government for retirement between January and December 2018.
Head Corporate Communication Department, Emeka Onuora, who disclosed in a statement, said this has been achieved through a training session tagged, “2017 Pre-Retirement Workshop from retirees drawn from Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
Onuora the workshop which was meant to educate participants on how to transit seamlessly from active employment to retirement under the under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), took place at 11 centers across the six geo-political zones of the Federation and the FCT.
He stated that some of the topics discussed during the programme included enrolment exercise and documentation required, annuity and programmed withdrawal and accessing retirement and terminal benefits under the contributory pension scheme.
