Regional Manager, Lagos Island, Premium Pension Limited, Mrs Maryam Mohammed, Head, Corporate Communications, Paddy Ezeala and Chief Marketing Officer, Kabir Tijjani at the event.
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Chuks Udo Okonta
Premium Pension Limited, one of the foremost Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) in the country, said it is targeting the youth in the effort to deepen the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) and widen its appeal.
A statement by the Company’s Head of Corporate Communications, Paddy Ezeala, stated that in a bid to achieve the target, the firm paid a visit to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp in Iyana Ipaja, Lagos.
The Company’s Chief Marketing Officer, Kabir Tijjani, during the visit, said the contributory pension scheme is most beneficial and yields the most results on retirement if contribution is started early enough in one’s career, adding that gone are the days when pension was only associated with old age.
He told the Youth Corps Member that the firm has designed a campaign tagged ‘Make it Happen’, which is geared towards promoting skills acquisition as a guarantee to the good life in future.
“Our #MakeitHappen celebrates ‘Made in Nigeria’ businesses. Through the campaign, we will promote and support youth corpers with entrepreneurial skills,” he said.
The campaign, according to him, which is in form of a competition requires entrants or participants to make a one-minute video displaying their business or skill. This video is then uploaded on Twitter or Instagram with the #MakeitHappen hashtag. The most inspiring of these entries after evaluation by a panel of judges wins a cash prize of two hundred and fifty thousand naira. There are also other consolation prizes.
Ezeala, said the company is complementing the Federal Government’s programmes emphasizing entrepreneurship, skill acquisition and resourcefulness.
He maintained that the state of the economy is only challenging us to look inwards as there are immense opportunities which only the resourceful and creative can see.
He further pointed out that the most successful people today are those who have adopted measures to bring out the best in themselves.
“Not even the quest for regular white collar jobs should preclude people from being resourceful and entrepreneurial” he further added.
“The future is brightest when you adopt the right mindset and measures early enough including keying into the Contributory Pension Scheme,” he added.
Premium Pension Limited is one of the pioneer and leading PFAs in the country with regional offices and branches spread across the country. The company manages 738,736 Retirement Savings Accounts (RSAs) and 46, 941 retirees and has paid since inception retirement benefits to the tune of almost N119 billion while having pension Assets Under Management (AUM) in excess of N460 billion Naira.
The company has been embarking on a series of participatory campaigns in recent times profiting from various media platforms to make pension contribution appealing to young people.
Many local and international awards have been coming the way of the company especially for its contributions to awareness on the pension industry, inclusiveness and corporate governance.H
