The Anambra State Director of the National Population Commission (NPC), Dr. Joachin Ulasi, has urged Nigerian workers including media practitioners to key into the benefits of cooperative society while in service to boost their retirement comfort.
Ulasi, made the call during this year’s 2023 celebration of International Day of Cooperatives, held at Ekwueme Square Awka, over the weekend.
The Director who is also the President of Anambra State NPC Staff Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society Limited, noted that the importance of cooperative cannot be measurable.
According to him, it’s important for every civil and public servant to belong to a Cooperative Society for the sake of old age or retirement period, amidst social-economic challenges facing the country at the moment.
“We have around 140 Staff strength in the Anambra office of NPC under my watch and the majority of our staff have built their houses, acquire landed properties across the state, particularly, at Mbaukwu in Awka North Local Government Area of the state through the help of Cooperative.
“Our contributions are deducted as source by IPPIS and the meant purpose is to help the staff of NPC through loans which we normally give at 6-months, 1-year and maximum of 2-year intervals. And many of our staff have been building houses and solving their personal problems. To be honest, without the Cooperative, many of our staff could not have achieved what they have achieved individually and collectively now.
“You know the salary of NPC staff is not all that many, but because of the Cooperative, we are able to achieve a lot. Many of our staff that have retired are using the Cooperative money as a soft landing why waiting for their retirement benefits from the government.
“So, I enjoined Nigerian workers including Journalists to joined or form Cooperative societies for the future sake,”Ulasi concluded.
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