THE National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) has refuted reports that the pension fund has halted the payment of pre-retirement lumpsum benefits because it has run out of funds. Meanwhile, the authority has disclosed that so far, it has paid out a total of K3.9 billion to over 128,000 members since it commenced partial withdrawal payment on April 19, 2023. In a statement, Monday, NAPSA Head Corporate Affairs Cephas Sinyangwe assured that the authority had sufficient liquidity to meet all its pre-retirement lumpsum benefits payments. “The National Pension Scheme Authority is aware of a statement circulating on various media platforms purporting that the authority had halted payment of pre-retirement lumpsum benefits because it had allegedly run out of funds. The authority...