Saudi Journal of Business and Management Studies (SJBMS)
Volume-2 | Issue-10 | 922-930
Original Research Article
An Exposition of the Pension Scheme Management in Nigeria: A Case Study of South-Eastern States
Onwuka, Izundu CC, Nwanosike Dominic U, Joseph Fineboy I, Omeonu Obioma
Published : Oct. 30, 2017
Abstract
To retire is an inevitable event that is bound to happen to every worker in
a life time and pension scheme is to provide the employees of an organization with
the means of securing on retirement, a standard of living reasonably consistent with
that they enjoyed while in service. This is because, at old age man tends to depend
on others for assistance and survival, therefore, man has been seeking for ways to
make life in old-age meaningful and fulfilled after one has put in his active years in
service. Based on the pain, sorrow and problems of retirees in the society (Nigeria),
this work seeks to proffer solutions to this age long problem or retirement benefits.
This study was conducted using questionnaires and the data analysis for the research
was mainly descriptive, which is by the use of Chi-square method. The finding
shows that inconsistency in pension polices affect the management of pension. The
study thus, concluded that consistency, sincere and honest management of pension
fund administration will be the hope of the age long problem of the pension scheme
management in Nigeria, hence hope and for better and desirous retirement.