Nigeria, April 29 -- The National Pension Commission (PenCom) is set to recover over N1.3 billion in unpaid pension contributions owed to retired journalists by media organisations across Nigeria.

This was revealed in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by the commission's management following a visit by PenCom's Director-General, Omolola Oloworaran, to the Nigerian Press Council (NPC).

During the visit, Oloworaran raised concerns over the alarming level of disregard for the Pension Reform Act 2014 (PRA 2014) within the media industry.

She disclosed that PenCom and the NPC have entered into a collaborative partnership aimed at urging newspaper establishments to clear their backlog of pension liabilities.

"The PRA 2014 mandates that...