The Nigerian College Pension Administration Firm (NUPEMCO) marked the 2025 Buyer Service Week with a nationwide marketing campaign centered on pension consciousness and youth empowerment.
The spotlight of the week-long celebration was a Huawei-supported Nationwide Essay Competitors, alongside high-impact workshops and stakeholder boards held throughout main Nigerian universities.
The celebration kicked off at Ahmadu Bello College, Zaria, with a gap ceremony and an insightful workshop themed “A Crucial Evaluation of the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) and Its Affect on the Nigerian Employee.” The occasion attracted over 300 attendees, together with educational and non-academic workers, retirees, and college directors.
Professor Kamal Bello of the Nationwide Open College delivered the keynote deal with, totally evaluating the CPS and its relevance to the Nigerian workforce. A panel dialogue adopted, that includes specialists and trade practitioners who dissected the scheme’s successes and ongoing challenges whereas recommending methods to enhance pension administration throughout the college system.
The week-long actions concluded on the College of Lagos, the place Professor Mukhtar Halliru of Bayero College, Kano, delivered the closing keynote. A serious spotlight was the announcement of the NUPEMCO Nationwide Essay Competitors winners, themed ‘Securing the Future: Why Pensions Matter for Each Nigerian Employee, ‘ which was partly sponsored by Huawei. The competitors was open to college students throughout all Nigerian universities.
The Group Lead for the Essay Evaluation Panel, Dr Austen Sado, said that the competitors acquired over 800 entries. After a rigorous screening course of primarily based on printed pointers, 340 essays superior to the ultimate spherical, culminating within the number of six excellent winners representing Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones.
Prime Winners embrace: Torsen Saameer Kasmir – College of Jos (North Central), Odo Chidiebere Getrude – College of Nigeria, Nsuka (South East), Amina Ali Bello – College of Maiduguri (North East), Mohammed Sani Musa – Abdullahi Fodio College of Science and Know-how (North West), Ita Mary-Kate Ikorr – College of Calabar (South South) and Israel Eze – College of Ibadan (South West)
The winners had been rewarded with money and tech prizes: N500,000 and a pill for first place, N350,000 and a pill for second place, and N200,000 and a pill for third place.
NUPEMCO’s 2025 Buyer Service Week reaffirmed its dedication to stakeholder engagement, data sharing, and empowering younger Nigerians to play an knowledgeable function in shaping the way forward for pension administration.
