PenCom gets Acting Director General

Chuks Udo Okonta

Following the expiration of the tenure of the Chairman and Executive members of the Board of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), which came up on 16 December, 2012, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) has directed that the affairs of PenCom be handed over to Mrs. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, the most senior General Manager in the Commission.

A statement by Head, Communication Unit Emeka Onuora, said Mrs. Anohu-Amazu was part of the team of experts that midwifed the Contributory Pension Scheme in Nigeria. She served in the Fola Adeola Pension Reform Committee set up by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, whose work led to the enactment of the Pension Reform Act 2004, and received a presidential commendation for the quality of work done on the 2004 pension reform. Before joining PenCom as the pioneer Commission Secretary/Legal Adviser, Mrs. Anohu-Amazu consulted for many private sector initiatives as well as non-governmental organizations and public institutions including the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE). Mrs. Anohu-Amazu holds an LL. B. in Law from the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus. She is a member of the Nigerian Bar and holds a Masters degree in Telecommunication & Information Technology Law from the London School of Economics. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London and has attended the Executive Education programme in the Wharton Business School, Pennsylvania where she obtained certification in "Negotiations: Bargaining for Advantage", the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, where she obtained a certificate in "Leaders in Development: Managing Economic and Political Change"; and the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University.