The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has increased monthly pension payments by an average of 10 per cent. The review will see all 225,000 pensioners on the SSNIT pension payroll as of the end of last month have their monthly pensions increased by a fixed rate of 9.68 per cent, plus a redistributed […]
Journalist, politician and former Minister of State in the John Kufuor administration Elizabeth Akua Ohene has been appointed the chairperson of the board of directors of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). Ms Ohene, during the first term administration of President Akufo-Addo, served as a speechwriter, contributing a great deal to most of the major speeches […]
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has deployed systems that allow members of the scheme to merge their SSNIT and NIA numbers (Personal ID Numbers on their Ghana Cards). The merger will provide convenience and comfort for members as they will only use one card, the Ghana Card, for all transactions with the Trust. […]
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 […]
The state has dragged former Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Mr Ernest Thompson, and four others back to the Accra High Court concerning the charges of causing financial loss of $14.8 million to the state. The state has improved on the charges levelled against the accused persons and filed it at […]
The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has retrieved GH¢3.1 million from companies that defaulted in the repayment of pension contributions under the tier two scheme. It has also taken 15 employers to court, while others are being processed for prosecution, after they were found to have defaulted in the payment of the mandatory contributions. The amount […]
Two persons who allegedly posed as beneficiaries of a Social Security and National Insurance Trust ( SSNIT) contributor are in the grips of the Tesano Divisional Police Command for forging documents and impersonation. The suspects, Yaw Agyepong Britwum and Afia Asante, were arrested by the Tesano Police after a tip-off from officials of Achimota branch […]
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) and Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) are in a brawl over the computation of the benefits of pensioners. According to TUC, the computation is inaccurate because it misinterprets the Pensions Law, resulting in low pensions, a situation that has rendered pensioners worse off and in unstable financial condition. […]
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on government to intervene to ensure that no worker is shortchanged. It also made a concrete and specific proposal to Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) and National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) for consideration, adding, “TUC is convinced SSNIT is looking at the proposal to get a […]
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 […]
Fan Milk vendors in the country have called the bluff of Fan Milk Ghana Limited and told it off that they know their rights and will not tolerate management of the company looking down on them anymore. The Workers said they are well educated and are only resorting to vending the Fan Milk product because […]
