• …PenCom deploys digital platform

The Federal Government is concerned about low responses to the mandatory verification and enrollment exercise for civil servants with accrued pension rights.

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) is conducting a one-time nationwide Online Verification and Enrolment Exercise for all active employees of treasury-funded Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) who were employed before 30 June 2004, PenCom said in a statement.

The exercise, which commenced on February 2, 2026 and will end on July 31, 2026, is aimed at capturing accurate and complete data on eligible workers.

This will support the timely payment of their accrued pension rights under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). The initiative is part of the Federal Government’s efforts to settle pension obligations carried over from the old Defined Benefit Scheme (DBS), which existed before the introduction of the CPS in 2004.