The Deputy Director General for Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) in charge of Operations and Benefits, Mrs. Laurette Korkor Otchere have said, the institution have cleared 41,500 ghost names from their pension roll and reactive 17,000 people back to the scheme.
She indicated that, clearing those ghost names from the pension roll has helped SSNIT to save Hundred and Eighty-Six million Ghana Cedis for the country.
Mrs. Korkor Otchere indicated that after taking over the Operations and Benefits position, in 2018, the institution did an audit to ensure those who are on the payrolls are alive, to avoid paying monies into ghost accounts.
“In every month, those at the age of 72yrs and above are required to renew their life certificate. We looked at it and realized many people haven’t done it and it indicate they are not alive that led to the clearing of the aforementioned number of persons names from the pension scheme”, she noted.
Mrs. Laurette Korkor Otchere made these known to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI during their 3 day 2021 Operations Conference held in Koforidua.
However, she noted that a public announcement was made before the said names were deleted to ensure no one is affected.
She also gave a notice that, other beneficiaries who are yet to received their money since 2018 to get in touch with the authorities to enable renew their life certificates for payment.
The Director General of SSNIT, Dr. John Ofori- Tenkorang therefore highlighted that over one million people have been assigned to the pension scheme between 2016 and 2020.
“Out of the 1m people we have registered, only 4,000 active persons pay their monthly contributions, a situation he described as very disturbing and is not encouraging at all”.
Dr. Ofori -Tenkorang then tasked his managers to go out there and let the people know there are lot of benefit in the pension scheme, thus calling on the business men and women to joined the scheme
Bringing his speech to an end, he stated that, the law made it clear that every private firm must pay its staff pension dues, hence they will soon come after those who have failed to do justice.
By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.
Source//Obohnews.
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