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fg intensifies efforts towards online verification for civil servants as pencom deploys digital platform
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AI-generatedThe Nigerian government is digitizing civil servant verification to streamline pension payouts, reducing administrative delays and improving fiscal planning. This affects the pension fund administration sector (PFA) and the broader EM_MARKETS through improved government efficiency. The mechanism is regulatory/operational, with low direct commercial impact on private sector margins.
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- PenCom launched nationwide Online Verification and Enrolment Exercise for active employees of treasury-funded MDAs employed before June 30, 2004.
- Exercise runs from February 2 to July 31, 2026.
- Participation has been low, prompting directives from the Head of the Civil Service.
- PenCom deployed a new digital platform, COBRA, to enhance data accuracy.
- The exercise is part of settling pension obligations from the old Defined Benefit Scheme (DBS).