International Journal of Academic and Applied Research (IJAAR)
  Year: 2023 | Volume: 7 | Issue: 5 | Page No.: 103-111
Pension Administrators, Service Delivery Snd Retirees' Welfare in Nigeria Federal Ministry of Education: 2011 - 2019 Download PDF
Stella O. Alokwu and Prof. Joseph C. Okoye

Abstract:
The focus of this study is an investigation on pension administrators, service delivery and retirees' welfare in Nigeria federal Ministry of Education from 2011 to 2019. The objectives of the study were among others, to ascertain the relationship between corruption and living conditions of pensioners in Nigeria federal Ministry of Education from 2011 to 2019. The study was anchored on the Deferred Wage Theory. The methodology adopted was survey design. Primary and secondary sources of data were used. A structured questionnaire instrument was administered to the respondents and the data obtained was presented using tables and mean scores and analysed using Pearson correlation. The major findings from the study, among others are that corruption has no significant positive relationship with the living conditions of pensioners in the Nigerian federal civil service. On the basis of the findings from this study, the study recommended that human factors should be critically addressed to take care of issues of carelessness and lack of human face in the administration of pension funds in view of the fact that the primary constituent are senior citizens and aged people who could hardly fend for themselves and probably their dependants.