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PenCom Raises Alarm as N17.1 Trillion in Nigerian Pension Funds Goes Into Federal Securities

From Vanguard · () English

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  • Nigerian pension fund administrators invested about 17.1 trillion naira in Federal Government securities in the first quarter of 2026.
  • The investment represented 58.07% of the pension industry's 29.5 trillion-naira net asset value.
  • The National Pension Commission warned about the concentration of pension assets in government securities.

About 17.1 trillion naira in Nigerian pension funds has been invested in Federal Government securities, prompting a warning from the National Pension Commission, known as PenCom.

The figure accounted for 58.07% of the pension industry's 29.5 trillion-naira net asset value in the first quarter of 2026.

PenCom raised concerns about the scale of the investment by pension fund administrators. The short report did not provide further details of the commission's warning.

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