Browsing by Author "Amina, Bala Saleh"

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    NATIONAL PENSION COMMISSION (PENCOM) AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONTRIBUTORY PENSION SCHEME AT INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FUND (ITF), 2004-2019
    (DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE, NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY,KEFFI., 2021-03-01) Amina, Bala Saleh
    This study examines the National Pension Commission and the Implementation of the Contributory Pension Scheme at the Industrial Training Fund (ITF). Survey and content analysis research design methods were used to generate primary and secondary data respectively. Primary data were collected through the instruments of questionnaire and interview while, the secondary data were collected from textbooks, journals, magazines, periodicals, internet, ITF bulletins and newsletters etc. The study adopted the Structural Functional theory. The theory recognizes pension coverage as a responsibility of the government and it simultaneously creates the channels through which pension benefits can be paid to retirees. Findings from the study reveals that, Pension Fund Administrators under supervision of National Pension Commission have over the years of their operation remitted some pension funds to the ITF Retiree’s Retirement Savings Account, but that of the accumulated arrears are yet to be remitted to the individual RSA accounts. Although the Pension Fund Administrators in line with National Pension Commission (PENCOM) directives have provided the ITF employees with various investment alternative opportunities to choose from, and also provided the platform for employees to decide which Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) they wish to commit their pension funds into. The new pension scheme under supervision of PENCOM has not eliminated delay in disbursement of pension benefits to ITF Retirees, and as such has not eradicated the problems being faced by the retirees in accessing their pension benefits at ITF. The study therefore recommends among other issues that government should look into the law that guides Pension so that some amendments are made that would ensure Pension Funds are better secured and Retirees should also be allowed to withdraw at retirement a huge chunk of their savings instead of the meager amount they are given as lump sum. Through the instrument of PENCOM, Pension Fund Administrators and other stakeholders should as a matter of necessity constitute a committee to remit all the outstanding debts of pension arrears owed to ITF Retirees.
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    A Performance Appraisal of the Judiciary and the Nigerian Democracy
    (Department of Public and International Law, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2019-01-01) Atsiya, Godiya Pius; Luka, Ruth Caleb; Makama, Chunku Ayuba; Amina, Bala Saleh; Iyadah, John Viko
    The judiciary is the third arm of government in Nigeria that has the constitutional and legal responsibilities of interpretation of laws. The judiciary is seen as the last hope of the common man, the bulwark of the people's liberty, the upholder of the rule of law and the defender of the rights of the people. This paper utilized the secondary sources of data which involved the use of such material as textbooks, journal articles, news papers, magazine, judicial conferences and periodicals amongst others, to examine the challenges encountered by the Nigerian judiciary in a democracy. The Marxist theory was adopted to enhance our understanding of the problem under study. The theory is significant to this research because the judiciary with its mandate is required by the capitalist to enforce unequal distribution of social and material rewards in order to preserve their position to oppress the less privileged class in the society. The paper found out that the judiciary is saddled with so many challenges in the discharge of its duties and in the administration of justice in Nigeria, which ranges from appointment of unqualified judges, indirect interference of die executive in the judiciary, corruption on the part of the judges, bad police and so on. In conclusion and as a way of recommendation, the study recommends that appointment of judges by the judiciary should be based on merit and various punishments and sanctions should be awarded to erring judges.