President Akufo-Addo has appointed Kofi Bosompem Osafo-Maafo as the new Director General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). The new SSNIT boss is the son of the President’s former Minister and now Senior Advisor, Yaw Osafo-Maafo. Mr Osafo-Maafo takes over from Dr. John Ofori-Tenkorang who has been instructed to hand over his […]
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SSNIT retrieves ₵132 million from employers through court action
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) says it has retrieved 132 million Ghana Cedis from 2,272 cases filed at the law court within the first half of 2023. The cases were related to employers who failed to honour statutory social security obligations on behalf of their employees. The Director-General of SSNIT, Dr. John […]
Workers to pay pensions on allowances — SSNIT moves for review of Pensions Act
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) is pushing for an amendment of the National Pensions Act, 2008 (Act 766) to compel employers to include the allowances of employees in the computation of their pensions. The move is to enable workers to earn bigger pensions when they retire. The Director-General of SSNIT, Dr John […]
SSNIT adopts Ghana Card – ID changeover from June 28 to Dec. 31
From Monday, June 28, this year, all Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) contributors will replace their unique scheme identification numbers with the Ghana Card identification numbers. The process of merging the two identification numbers will continue until December 31, this year. This means that from January 1, next year, SSNIT contributors will no […]
SSNIT to retrieve over 25 million dollars from IT solution vendors in refunds
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) is to claim refunds of over $25 million ($25,225,635.05) from IT solution providers and software vendors. The amount includes $15.2 million ($15,281,167.87) and GH₵16 million (GH₵16,019,579.46) to be claimed from an IT solutions provider. In addition, the Trust will also retrieve $6.9 million ($6,944,467.18) from a software […]