Build pension confidence early
Understand pensions, savings, retirement planning and why financial security is shaped by decisions made long before retirement.
Why NPW matters
National Youth Essay Competition
Your ideas. A better retirement.
Write on “My Dream for a Great Retirement Experience in Nigeria” and share how today’s choices can shape a more secure future.
Free to enter
Your ideas. No entry fee.Entry to the National Youth Essay Competition is free.
Three ways to take part
Opening & Youth Engagement Day
Join the online learning programme for youth-focused conversations, interactive pension learning, polls, questions and competition highlights.
Register to AttendNational youth competitions
National Pension Week youth competitions help young Nigerians apply pension and financial-literacy ideas to real-life choices, build confidence about long-term planning and turn what they learn into practical thinking about their financial future.
Opening Day
A national pension conversation designed for young Nigerians.
Opening & Youth Engagement Day is an online/digital programme bringing together an opening address, a youth talk, interactive pension conversation, polls and questions, alongside competition highlights when available.
The programme gives young Nigerians a practical introduction to pensions, saving and long-term financial planning through youth-focused conversations, interactive learning, polls and questions. Participants should leave with a clearer understanding of how early financial choices and pension planning can strengthen future financial security.
Education first
The competition is one part of a wider learning journey.
National Pension Week uses youth activities to make pensions, saving and long-term planning easier to understand. Participation pathways are designed to remain inclusive, privacy-conscious and age-appropriate, with guardian and verification controls used where required.