Tag Archives: SSNIT

Okudzeto Ablakwa emerges as Ghana’s leading corruption exposer

Members of Parliament frequently perform their legislative duties by passing bills, examining statutory instruments, and deciding whether to annul them or let them take effect over time.

Members of Parliament frequently perform their legislative duties by passing bills, examining statutory instruments, and deciding whether to annul them or let them take effect over time. However, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, an MP, goes beyond these duties by exposing governmental corruption, demanding accountability, and ensuring contracts signed without proper oversight …

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Rock City withdraws bid for four SSNIT hotels

Rock City said it was writing to inform SSNIT of its decision to withdraw its bid and discontinue its pursuit of the investment opportunity

Rock City said it was writing to inform SSNIT of its decision to withdraw its bid and discontinue its pursuit of the investment opportunity The management of Rock City, in a letter addressed to the director general of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Kofi Osafo-Maafo, has withdrawn …

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GRCL is collapsing, SSNIT contributions have not been paid from October till date – Union

The Ghana Railways Workers Union has demanded that their three-month salary arrears, as well as over a year’s worth of unpaid SSNIT and Tier-2 contributions, be paid. Godwill Ntarmah, General Secretary of the Railway Workers Union, stated at a press conference in Takoradi that life has become very difficult for …

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SSNIT retrieves GH₵132 million from employers through court action

The Social Security 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 …

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SSNIT increases maximum insurable earning to ¢42,000

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has announced an increment in the maximum insurable earnings for 2023 from ¢35,000 to ¢42,000. The increment, according to SSNIT, comes on the back of careful consultation with the National Pensions Regulatory Authority in accordance with Section 63 (3) of the National Pensions Act …

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SSNIT spent $3000 to print each card – Bright Simons tackles Bawumia

Vice President of IMANI Africa, Bright Simons, has raised doubts about a claim by Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia that SSNIT annually saves $30 million used to print SSNIT cards because of the use of the Ghana Card. Bright Simons argues that Dr. Bawumia’s claim suggests that the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) …

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SSNIT merges 1.9 million scheme holders to Ghana Card

The Social Security and National Insurance Scheme (SSNIT) has merged the identity of a total of more than 1.9 million beneficiaries to the National Identification Card (Ghana Card), Mr. Joseph Poku, the Chief Actuary at SSNIT, has disclosed. Mr. Poku said the merger was done between June 28, 2021, to …

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Highest pensioner receives GH¢142k, lowest gets GH¢300 monthly – SSNIT

The top ten highest paid pensioners in Ghana receive between Ghc142,567.90 to Ghc42,187.83 every month whilst the lowest on the scheme receive between Ghc300 and above, the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has revealed. The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT or the Trust) is a statutory …

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Kwabena Agyapong asks NPP leadership to pay the gaps in his SSNIT contributions, wages

Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, Kwabena Agyapong has asked the party to pay the gaps in his SSNIT contributions even if they don’t plan on paying him all they owe. Mr Agyapong told host of Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen, Philip Osei Bonsu, in an interview earlier this week …

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