Pensioners’ Lives Matter: A call for urgent reforms, by Lai Gidado The lives of many pensioners in Nigeria remain marred by neglect, poverty, and inadequate support from the government despite the involvement of the National Pension Commission (PenCom) and the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) in pension administration. The disparity in the treatment of different categories of retirees and the insufficient coverage of the pension schemes for the working population highlight the need for urgent reforms. And what are these Pensioners to the Society? Pensioners are the elders in our society who...