The Pension Funds Administrators invested N7.2tn of the total assets under the Contributory Pension Scheme in the Federal Government’s securities as of the end of May.
The National Pension Commission disclosed this in its report titled ‘Summary of pension fund assets as at 31 May, 2020’, which was obtained on Friday.
Out of the FG securities, N5.98tn was invested in FGN bonds; N1.11tn in treasury bills; N11.36bn in agency bonds ; N84.65bn in sukuk bonds; and N11.27bn in green bonds. The Director, Centre for Pension Right Advocacy, Ivor Takor, in a statement on the ‘Contributory Pension Scheme’ said, “The Contributory Pension Scheme has created a huge pool of long-term investable fund, which should be utilised for infrastructural development.He explained that pension fund was about investment and not borrowing.Takor said, “The spirit and letters of the Pension Reform Act 2014 envisage investment not borrowing. The government, PenCom and pension operators know this very well.
He added, “We want to point out that Retirement Savings Accounts of workers are neither guaranteed by the federal and state governments nor any other organisation for that matter.
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