PenCom targets 30 million informal workers in new scheme
The National Pension Commission , says it is targeting no fewer than 30 million Nigerians in its Micro Pension Plan within the next five years.
The News agency of Nigeria , reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had on March 28 launched the MPP for self-employed persons in the informal sector. “The plan which is an initiative of the PenCom is aimed at the provision of pension services to self-employed persons in the informal sector and employees of organisations with less than three staff.
Mr Aghahowa said they were at the trade fair to sensitise members of the informal sector including artisans on the new initiative. Mr Aghahowa said enrollees would have the liberty to access up to 40 per cent of their contributions any time they wished provided that they had contributed for at least three months.
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