Booth, D. (2011) Governance for Development in Africa: Building on What Works, London: Overseas Development Institute. Before these reforms, the unequal distribution of wealth and increased disparity between different socio-economic classes had become a problem shared by many people. This article fills the gap by assessing published literature and other media sources. Also see Dostal, J.M. and exempt officers. 95. 22. Retirement of exempt officer as a result of Federal Republic of Nigeria. When Nigeria government initially conceived pension reform, the country was ruled by a military dictatorship like Chile in 1981. 43. New York: Cambridge University Press. Ojiabor, O. and Onogu, S. (2012) N32.8b pension scam: Name those you bribed, Senate tells Director. The PFAs invest and manage the pension funds and assets in accordance with the provisions of the Act. Nigeria: Pension scheme was introduced into Nigeria by the colonial government in order to provide stream of income to British citizen working in Nigeria at old age after their retirement.. But today the issues raised by Drucker are as fresh as they were two decades ago. PART II Annual reports by pension fund The Economist. (PDF) An Assessment of the Impacts of the Pension System Reforms on ENACTED by In the case of a dead or missing employee, the entitlements are paid into his/her RSA, which is applied by the PFA in favour of beneficiaries: spouse, children or next-of-kin, in the case of absence of spouse or child. McCourt, W. and Gulrajani, N. (2010) The future of development management: Introduction to the special issue. Pension Fund Administrators; Closed Pension Fund Administrators; Pension Fund Custodians; Pension Operators' Secreteriat; Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate; Pension Reform Act. Yet there is no empirical evidence to suggest that the states and local governments adhere to this latter rule. Madrid, R.L. How pension fund assets are to be vested. Monday, 25 June, http://africanexaminer.com/pension0625, accessed 1 July 2012. 56. Under the old pension scheme, it was non-contributory and unfunded for public servants. He has attended academic conferences and other development programmes in continental Africa, Europe and North America. Penalty for refusing to give information, Pension Management And Administration A Review Of The Pension Reform Act Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Nigerian Pensions administration dates back to the1950s.The Pension Reforms Act of 2004 brought into limelight the new pension scheme in Nigeria which is a defined contributory scheme . its pension fund assets to be regulated by the Commission. Theobold, R. (1982) Patrimonialism: Research note. 59. (2008) Pension reform in Nigeria: How not to learn from others. 52. Scholars have captured the wave of pension privatization that swept the world in the last decade, regarding adequacy, affordability, sustainability and robustness. 35. Withdrawal from retirement savings account. Pensions Act Cap (Chapter or No) 147. 14. Subsection 2, Section 210 of the Constitution states, inter alia, that pensioners should not be regarded as beggars and that they should not in any way be denied their rights and entitlements after they had used the greater part of their adult life for national development.2 Apart from collapsed extended family system, lack of an effective social security system in Nigeria has also instilled in employees, particularly civil servants perpetual fear, both leading to and reinforcing the habit of falsifying their age, certificate and terminal point of age, among others.4 In a sense, many Nigerian workers have turned age cheats because of the acceptability or legality of the so-called age declaration, a sworn affidavit in court claiming certain age due to purported loss of the original certificate.3 Isa Aremu calls this a ritual of annual affidavit, so as to stay longer in service.5 Within the policy debates, it was argued that the old pension scheme did not offer the contributor the privilege to choose his/her administrator who will have to contend with them in the battle for their money and benefits. When the former President Olusegun Olusegun-led federal government launched the Nigerian Pension Reform Act of 2004, all bets were on a rapid change to a chaotic and dreaded system for the entrenchment of economic rebound. Some countries adopt the entirely private pillar, whereas others go for the mixed system. For example, the NSITF had no proper information technology and many records were merely on paper.11 More fundamentally, there were allegations that the pension records of some parts of the civil service, the military and the parastatals were padded with ghost pensioners.11 While the old pension system suffered from structural problem and non-coverage, the private sector was also poorly integrated into the scheme. 90. Additional restrictions on investment. In 2005, a delegation from Ghana visited Nigeria for the study and between September 2009, when Ghana inaugurated its own, and July 2010, when the team visited Nigeria again, Ghana had got over one million contributors. The public sector had the Pay As You Go (PAYG) defined benefits, a non-contributory pension scheme which was bedeviled by many problems. Largely, the involvement of private actors in the implementation process reduces the government's excessive control of the scheme. Casey and Dostal, Op cit and Dostal, Op cit. NTA Weekend File, Saturday, 17 November, 21:00. Since inception, the Nigerian 2004 pension reform policy has recorded some milestones. The fifth section identifies the policy implementation milestones and problems. The Nigerian government has attempted to deal with vulnerability and risks of both poor and non-poor people at different stages of life cycle, from birth to old age. For example, PenCom reported a gross investment income of NGN205.30 billion (10 per cent) between 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2010. PenCom issued the guidelines for transitional arrangements on 31 December 2004. He then earned a postgraduate degree in public administration at University of Benin. An employer may agree or elect to bear the full burden of the scheme, provided such contributions shall not be less than 15 per cent. There shall be established for any employment in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a Contributory Pension Scheme (in this Act referred to as the Scheme) for payment of retirement benefits of employees to whom the Scheme applies under this Act. The Pension Reform Act (PRA) 2004 and retirement planning in Nigeria 23 LFN 1990. He argued that the integration of the real owners into the pension fund structure would require years of debate, experimentation and scandal. Therkildsen, O. Establishment Evidence in the literature59 suggests a number of problems associated with the pension reform. 50. Hitherto the PRA 2004, Nigeria operated Defined Benefit (DB) scheme between January 1, 1946 and June 30, 2004. See Robolino, D. (2005) Parametric reforms Objectives, options and experience. The Nation, 12 April, http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news-update/42896-n32-8b-pension-sc, accessed 14 October 2012. 95. Yet the pension fund operators argue that this would be unrealistic because the fund cannot capture the huge financial demands of the energy sector. Closed pension fund administrator. Rate of contribution to the Scheme. The fourth section highlights the evolution of the 2004 pension reform policy, its objectives and operational mode. 9. 43. Ogugbuaja, C. (2007) Imo to pay pensioners gratuities soon. The Guardian, Monday, 7 January, p. 51. Holzmann, R. and Hinz, R. (2005) Old Age Income Support in the 21st Century: An International Perspective on Pension Systems and Reforms. +2348134600908, Tree & Trees Center, 28, Greenville Estate, Badore off Jubilee Bridge, Eti-Osa LGA, Lagos, Nigeria. Special terms and conditions of contract. 55Another milestone is the recovery of NGN42.6 billion by the federal government, sequel to the inauguration of an electronic smart card to replace the old anachronistic system. Each of the states, including the federal capital territory and the local government councils, had its own pension system. 10. Pension Operators. 1.4 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 59 LFN 1990. This article is based on review of published literature and other media sources. Ojiezel, A. The EFCC says the accused persons perfected the alleged fraud in Abuja between January 2009 and June 2011.68. 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Additional restrictions on investment. An immediate panacea could be to formalize the informal economy by extending social protection coverage to the informal workers.37, The literature on pension, according to Ako,38 suggests that in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century there were cash transfers (mainly non-contributory programmes) aimed at the elderly in countries such as Brazil, Denmark, New Zealand, Australia and Sweden. Existing pension schemes in the private Reporting obligation of the pension fund 86. Post-capitalist Society. On behalf of PFAs, the PFCs settle transactions and undertake activities relating to the administration of pension fund investments, including the collection of dividends and related activities. pension fund administrators and custodians. Cooksey, B. and Kelsall, T. (2011) The Political Economy of the Investment Climate in Tanzania. In 1994, the NSITF was introduced to pay out an annuity, but this applied only to the private sector employees. As early as 1996, the project was initiated as an element of the Vision 2010 project under General Abacha-led military regime. Olayinka, C. (2010) Nigeria's Contributory pension fund Assets hits N1.7 trillion ($11.3billion) says PENCOM official. Depending on the level of mix or combination of the various systems, the reform may be a single pillar or multi-pillar. Application for licence as a pension fund Exemption of pension funds from liquidation The PFAs are licensed by PenCom to open RSAs for all employees with a personal identity number attached. 59 LFN 1990. London: Overseas Development Institute. PENSION REFORM ACT 2004 - Laws - Law Nigeria Chabal, P. (2005) Power in Africa reconsidered. This template supports the sidebar's widgets. of the National Pension Commission, etc. Casey, B.H. 36. Abstract. Brooks, S. (2008) Social Protection and the Market in Latin America: The Transformation of Social Security Institutions. PART VIII 67. Before the enactment of the Pension Reform Act 2004, which establishes a contributory pension scheme for all employees in Nigeria, the country had operated a Defined Benefit (DB) pension scheme . 57, Rule no. Omofaye, T. (2007) Osun pensioners ask government to pay 65 months arrears. etc. pension fund administrators and custodians. Transfer of entitlement from defined The Pension Reform Act 2004 came into being on 25th June, 2004. If anything, the grafting of pension in Nigeria reminds of Peter Drucker's69 admonition that the regulation of pension funds would remain a challenge both to policymakers and lawmakers for years to come. The idea of Pension Reform Act 2004 was to allow Nigeria follow the Chilean model of providing long-term capital to develop the financial markets and In other cases, all efforts to dialogue with the government on pension matters often did not yield positive results, and government's attitude frustrated many retirees who were either on their sick beds or had lost their lives for lack of money to take care of themselves.2, 3, It is also on record that successive government's refusal to offset arrears of pension and gratuities, which have accumulated for months or even years, violates the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Publication of list of pension fund GIGA Working Papers no.16. 51. Privatisation of Pension Scheme in Nigeria: Analysis and Appraisal - UM This helps policymakers to look out for the appropriateness of policy for economic development and social objectives in developing countries. PubMedGoogle Scholar. However, when compared with the old PAYG scheme the new DC scheme in Nigeria has recorded some achievements. Some of them faced challenges in feeding their families, whereas others died due to lack of adequate medical and other forms of attention. 30. Proshare, Thursday, 15 July, http://www.proshareng.com/news/11386, accessed 10 July 2012. Countries such as Chile and Mexico have entirely abolished the pre-existing public pillar. MARK ITSIBOR, - PressReader PART II However, resource constraints deterred their use in this study. An Act to repeal the Pension Reform Act No. Nigeria's pension reform of 2004 was necessitated by the myriad of problems that plagued the "pay-as-you-go" schemes in the public sector and the varying types of pension schemes that existed within the private sector, which resulted in retirees not getting their benefits. 5. The Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs), Pension Fund Custodians (PFCs) and Closed Pension Fund Administrators were licensed by PenCom on 20 February 2006. Efforts were made to enhance economy of time and avoid undue compilation of unwieldy amount of data, but there were temptations to extend the scope of this article to the military era of pre-1999 even though such enterprise would not have been a wise thing to embark upon. Vanguard, Thursday, 3 January, p. 29. IDS Working Paper no. They suffered untold hardships, at a stage of their lives when most of them lacked the strength to fend for themselves and their families. Specific obligation of the custodian. (2011) Pension Reform (Amendment) Act, 2011, Abuja. It is multi-segment free access center for intelligence and instruments relating to Nigeria's legal and policy circuit. The Pension Reforms Act, 2004 which introduced the Defined Contribution Pension Scheme with its regulatory and agency bodies such as the National Pension Commission (PenCom), Pension. 66. Pensions Int J 17, 289304 (2012). PDF Impact of Contributory Pension Scheme on Economic Growth in Nigeria: An Interestingly, however, the ILO did not favour the Chilean model of pension.47 Meanwhile, the Adeola Committee was set up by President Obasanjo, soon after re-election in 2003. Nineteen states have also enacted their laws to ensure participation in the CPS, and 15 other states are at various stages in the legislative processes. Google Scholar. These controversies hamper the country's economic development, regarding the mobilization of large savings, instilling savings culture in Nigerian workers and increased capacity for funding long-term agricultural projects needed for capital development.63, Nigeria's failure to meet the obligation of payment of pension has been traced to decades of corruption, embezzlement, fraud and outright theft by some top public officers managing pension scheme. Requirements for a licence as a pension fund administrator Cap. Arguably, until the pension reform policy of 2004, scholarly attention had focused less on social security in Nigeria. The debates on developmental patrimonialism suggest the need to rethink African governance in order to work with the grain. The proper management of pension funds and their integrity will also be major public issues and deservedly so. Prior to the enactment of the Pension Reform Act 2004, pension schemes in Nigeria had been bedevilled by many problems. (2006) Investments and risk management under the new pension scheme. This would require gleaning ideas and lessons from successful stories in other parts of the world. It was on the account of these challenges in pension administration that the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as part of its reform agenda established a new scheme referred to as Pension Reform Act, 2004. The Pension Reform Act, 2004 ("the Act") establishes a Contributory Pension Scheme for payment of retirement benefits of employees of the Public Service of the Federation, the Federal Capital Territory and the Private Sector. General obligation of external auditors. Nigeria: Commentaries On The Key Provisions In The Arbitration And 86. PENSION REFORM ACT 2004 - Law Nigeria of Transitional Provisions for the Public Sector. (2011) Strikes and pensions: The silent majority. Tribune. 30. Aremu, I. Country: Nigeria. Enactments inconsistent with this Act. examination. Proper books of accounts and audit of the Transfer from one employment to another. 57. Pension Fund Administrators; Closed Pension Fund Administrators; Pension Fund Custodians; Pension Operators' Secreteriat; Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate; Pension Reform Act. Establishment Requirements PART VII But worryingly, the new scheme is yet to cover enough grounds, including the workers in the informal economy as well as address the grafting in the industry. PDF The Pension Reform Act (PRA) 2004 and retirement planning in Nigeria The article recommends the strengthening of institutions of governance to walk the path of maximum benefit for the Nigerian workers. Commission. Femi Aborisade An Assessment of Nigeria's Pension Reform Act of 2004 88. This article assesses the effectiveness of the Nigerian 2004 pension reform policy. 33. See Adejokun, S. (2009) PenCom, Wages Commission, NASS review pensions. The Pension Reform Act 2004 was enacted on 25th June and came into effect on 1st July 2004. Daily Times, Thursday, 10 March, http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/efcc-uncovers-n12b-fraud-pensions-office, accessed 10 March 2011. Payment of pension to existing pensioners 51. (2009) Importance of retirement savings. Yet the insufficiency in the theory suggest the need to search for an appropriate one that would provide deeper insights to explain the emerging issue of padding with ghost pensioners in Nigeria. Annual reports by pension fund ESTABLISHMENT AND OBJECTIVES OF CONIRIBUTORY PENSION SCHEME FOR EMPLOYEES IN Closely related to the retention of competent workforce was the issue of payment of retirement benefits, which had become a recurring problem with arrears of unpaid pension running into billions of Nigerian Naira (NGN).
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