The Federal Government will unveil a healthcare programme for low-income pensioners in November, with 30,000 retirees expected to benefit from the pilot phase of the initiative.
The Director-General of the National Pension Commission, Omolola Oloworaran, disclosed this on Wednesday at the Senior Citizens Fair organised as part of the National Pension Week 2026 in Abuja.
She said the programme, initially scheduled for launch on Thursday, had been postponed by two weeks due to scheduling challenges but would commence before the end of November.
“We were supposed to launch the PENCARE Health Initiative tomorrow. But due to some problems, we will have to move that by another two weeks. But something I can promise you is that that launch is going to happen in the month of November without any further pushing forward,” she said.
PENCARE is a healthcare initiative designed to provide medical coverage for eligible low-income retirees, reducing their
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