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The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has expanded access to its PenCare health insurance initiative by increasing the income eligibility threshold for retirees from N70,000 to N150,000 in monthly pension payments.
The move is expected to allow thousands more retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) to benefit from free healthcare while providing PenCom with enough participants to effectively assess the pilot programme.
PenCom doubles retirees’ monthly health insurance to N150,000. Credit: MoMo ProductionsSource: Getty Images
Speaking after the third Pension Industry Leadership Council (PILC) meeting in Abuja, PenCom Director-General Omolola Oloworaran said the
