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Fixing pension data challenge with technology
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Fixing pension data challenge with technology

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CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele
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The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has introduced an Enhanced Contributor Registration System (ECRS) to solve the challenges in the Contributor Registration System (CRS). PenCom advised Retirement Savings Account (RSA) holders to approach their Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) to provide their Bank Verification Numbers (BVNs) initiated by the Central Bank of Nigeria as well as National Identity Number (NIN), among other biodata. The ECRS and deployment of BVN and NIN in RSAs’ management will promote financial inclusion and boost contributors’ confidence, writes COLLINS NWEZE.


In this new world, technology is seen as the way to go. It is embraced by institutions that think and act ahead. Technology does not only make agencies’ operations seamless, but it also brings efficiency and trust to their services.

For the National Pension Commission (PenCom), one of the biggest challenges confronting Nigeria’s pension industry is cleaning up data of contributors and pensioners under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). Thus, to fix this challenge, it became a priority for PenCom to transit from the use of the precursor application, the Contributory Registration System (CRS), to a more robust ECRS to enable the Commission entrench efficiency, transparency and contributors confidence in its operations. The Bank Verification Number (BVN) introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is also helping the commission to achieve desired result by providing unified data on every contributor.
PenCom said the  ECRS was designed, developed and deployed to provide  a more dynamic and friendly-user interface even as it fully addresses the issues identified with the CRS. Thus, the deployment of the ECRS, the commission said, would enhance the integrity of contributors’ data and also provide a platform for registration of Micro Pension Plan participants and Cross Border participants, including Nigerians living abroad and foreigners living in Nigeria who wish to contribute under the CPS.

“Electronic submission of employer code requests by Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) on employers and the full automation of the process of issuing employer codes. Updates and edits of contributors’ information on the National Databank maintained by the National Pension Commission by the PFAs. The deployment of the ECRS is a major step towards the introduction of the transfer widow, which will enable contributors change to the PFAs of their choice, in line with Section 13 of the Pension Reform Act (PRA) 2014,” the report said.

The Commission said the ECRS has been integrated with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) for authenticating the uniqueness of individuals seeking to register under the CPS. “The ECRS is an electronic platform for the submission of requests by Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) for the registration of contributors and issuance of Personal Identification Numbers (PINs). Consequently the Commission has transited from the use of the existing Contributor Registration System (CRS) to the ECRS,” the statement said.


The Pension Reform Act mandates every employer with a minimum of three employees to open an RSA for the workers, which would be funded by both employer and employees. The employer is required to pay ten (10) per cent while the workers are required to contribute eight per cent of total monthly emolument.

Under the CPS, the PFAs manage the funds, which are in the custody of the Pension Fund Custodians (PFCs).
PenCom Acting Director-General Mrs Aisha Dahir-Umar said the Commission introduced the ECRS because of the positive impact which technology can make on the pension industry.

She explained that the ECRS consists of six major functions: contributor registration to generate unique pin, recapture for  contributors, bio-data, signature and picture update, where applicable, temporary PIN for employer-initiated registration and Retirement Savings Account (RSA) verification service.
Mrs Dahir-Umar said the assets under the CPS had continued to rise hitting N9.03 trillion “since the introduction of the CPS and I am pleased to note that appreciable progress has been made consistently”. According to her, the statistics are evidence that the CPS has improved access to retirement benefits for employees in both the public (Federal Government) and the private sectors.

For contributors’data integrity, the enhanced registration system also has the following capabilities: dashboard availability for Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) to view status of their requests and reports and PFAs can also receive notifications via Dashboard, emails and Error Codes.

Head, Corporate Communications, PenCom, Peter Aghahowa, said the agency’s  staff could also use the ECRS to view status of submissions by PFAs, generate reports and approve requests that require authorisation. In addition to download responses, latest upgrades, patches, employer codes generation, the system also has capacity for National ID verification with NIMC.

The system went live on June 24, after PenCom assessed the environmental readiness of PFAs and pilot run for the PFAs to use ECRS. This development is significant for the pension industry as it may pave the way for the implementation of other critical policies hitherto prevented by poor contributors’ data.
One of such policies is the transfer window provided in the Pension Reform Act, 2014 (PRA, 2014), allowing RSA holders to switch PFAs if they so desire. Under the CPS, a comprehensive and reliable data of RSA holders had been a huge challenge, a development some sources said was the reason why PenCom has been reluctant in opening up the transfer window.

The PRA, 2014 provides that an employee may not more than once in a year, transfer his or her RSA from one PFA to another without producing any reason for such transfer. Section 13 of the Pension Reform Act 2014 also provides that, “subject to guidelines issued by the commission, a holder of a retirement savings account maintained under this Act may not, more than once in a year, transfer his account from one Pension Fund Administrator to another.” Despite this provision, PenCom is yet to authorise PFAs to allow RSA holders to transfer their RSAs from one PFA to another.

PenCom recently directed RSA holders to provide their National Identity Number (NIN) to their fund managers.  This involved both active and retired RSA holders and is in line with Federal Government’s policy mandating Nigerians to have a NIN.

NIMC has the mandate to implement the National Identity System (NIS) as part of the Federal Government’s strategy to have a clean NIS. PenCom advised RSA holders to approach their PFAs to provide their BVNs, NIN as well as other biodata. These innovations may be an opportunity for PFAs to clean up their databases to combat identity theft as well as prevent fraud in the industry.

A Lagos-based pension contributor, Mathias Abiodun, said a clean database will  pave way for the introduction of the transfer window that will enable RSA holders to switch accounts from one PFA to another. He said the role of pension funds in economic development has moved into the focus of public attention, particularly Nigeria’s growing need for long-term capital.


Abiodun explained that successful mobilisation of pension fund assets and contributions to the growth of any nation were essential policy objectives. “For the first time, our country can boast of a long-term funding base and the impact to date has included the funding of the government and government projects, development of the capital market as well as increased foreign development inflows,” he added.

Pension assets on the rise


The PenCom data showed that total pension assets have risen to N9.03 trillion as at March 31, up from the N7.44 trillion it was in January, last year.
The Commission said these assets have been prudently invested in 24 major asset classes to yield interests to the contributors. Giving a breakdown of how the assets were invested, the Commission said the Federal Government’s securities took a lion-share of the investment as it received well over N6.51 trillion, representing 72.9 per cent of the total assets.

Specifically, the Federal Government bond got N 4,458,806.38 of the funds, representing 49.37 per cent of the total assets; while N1.94 trillion was invested in treasury bills (21.44 per cent); N11.96 billion in agency bonds (NMRC & FMBN), (0.13 per cent); N94.11 billion in Sukuk (1.04 per cent) and N8.51 billion in Green Bonds, (0.09 percent).


The commission also said in line with the Multi-fund structure, RSA Fund 1, witnessed N12.73 billion investment and RSA Fund 11, recorded N3.99 trillion investment, RSA Fund 111, saw N2.15 trillion investment while RSA Fund IV, recorded N732.13 billion investment.
The report showed that N596.61 billion, which was 6.54 percent of the funds, was invested in domestic ordinary shares; while N62.59 billion, amounting to 0.69 percent was invested in foreign ordinary shares.

Also, N144.31 billion (1.60 per cent) was invested in state government’s securities; corporate bonds got N463.99 billion (5.4 percent); corporate infrastructure bonds, received N8.64 billion, (0.10 percent); corporate green bonds, N5.46 billion(0.06 percent); supra-national bonds got N5.37 billion (0.06 per cent); local money market, N874.39 billion, (9.68 percent) commercial papers, N64.46 billion (0.71 percent); banks – N809.94 billion (8.97 per cent), among others.
Financial pundits commended the management of PenCom for the implementation of the Pension Reform Act, which has led to more contributors embracing the CPS and deepening of the financial system. They insisted that reforms in the sector have raised accumulations from contributors to N9.03 trillion, as well as brought brighter hopes to retirees.
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