No be small matter o! For Abuja, Nigeria, as e dey go, President Bola Tinubu don put Opeyemi Agbaje as the new chairman of National Pension Commission (PenCom). This appointment no be just chook hand for pocket, e get level! E happen as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) don run dem mouth say make dem form PenCom board sharp-sharp or else dem go carry strike matter come, as usual. NLC talk say lack of board dey mess up governance of pension matters, and dem no wan hear say money wey workers contribute go enter wrong hand again.
Opeyemi no be fresh face for this kain work. Na him, we dey talk about, wey get over 40 years experience for finance, strategy and law disturb, plus say e don waka well for banking as former executive director for GTBank. Na real expert wey sabi matter e be! Opeyemi don school well, e graduate with honors for law from University of Ife sharp-sharp and don get masters from University of Lagos, plus MBA for Spain. This guy don already announce say him go meet with director general of PenCom make dem gist on how things dey go.
As e no reach one week wey NLC don drop ultimatum wey dey hang heavy for government matter, some people go talk say Tinubu don use the appointment take cool down the tension wey don dey rise. But people wey sabi dey ask, wetin dem go do different dis time wey go change the narrative wey dey show say dem no dey responsible before? Opeyemi sabi the pension sector well well since him don dey analyze the system since dem introduce the Contributory Pension System.
For all him experience, him don serve for board of other organizations, like Lagos State Security Trust Fund. How una see am? E go fit bring sense come back to PenCom wey don dey suffer from indecisiveness? Na so e be sharp! But, for real, if the NLC no gree rest, e fit still cause wahala if dem no perfect their strategy fast.
Nigerians, abeg make una take note, say dem fit generally agree that pension na deferred wages, no be just government money wey dem fit play with anyhow. E get luck say Opeyemi get sense, we hope say him go use am well for PenCom. No be only banking matter him sabi, him don also do plenty consulting work wey don affect plenty sectors like fintech and agriculture.
The man don show say him ready to hit ground running sha. Na people matter him wan handle, una no go want see any wahala wey go make pension matter dey feel like drama for Nollywood. Time go tell if this appointment go lead to anything better for Nigerian workers and their pension, make we dey watch! How far?
