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As of September last year, 7,951 criminal cases were pending in court against defaulting employers. We do not take delight in prosecuting employers before the law court. “But it only becomes a necessary last resort when all eligible means to settle the debts have failed,” Ms Emefa Agonyo, SSNIT Public …

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has announced an extension of the deadline for the merger of SSNIT and National Identification (NIA) numbers for members of the scheme. Announcing the extension in a release dated January 5, 2021, the management of SSNIT said the deadline initially fixed for …

2020 Audit report found $11m loss in pensions investment A-G asks SNNIT management to investigate SSNIT failed to retrieve GH¢146.9m loan from Ghana Road Fund Ghana’s Auditor-General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, has urged the management of SNNIT to punish the officers responsible for the $11m loss in pensions investment. The Auditor-Generals recommendation …

The trial of former Director-General of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) Ernest Thompson and four others who have been accused of causing financial loss to the state in the SSNIT Operational Business Suite (OBS) case will commence on January 21, 2022. This was after the High Court in …

Hearts of Oak kicked out of CAF Champions League SSNIT takes legal action against Hearts of Oak Hearts of Oak winless in five GPL games Reigning Ghana Premier League champions Accra Hearts of Oak have reportedly been sued by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) over non-payment of …

Deputy Director-General of Operations and Benefits at the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Laurette Korkor Otchere, has revealed that the Trust withheld the pensions of about 24,333 pensioners, amounting to GH¢186.58million, as of November 2021. These are people who have not re-enrolled biometrically or not completed/renewed their Pensioner …

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has implored employers to pay the contributions of workers on their right earnings to enable them to get a decent pension on retirement. Dr John Ofori-Tenkorang, the Director-General of SSNIT, who made the call, said the amount a retiree received as pension …

Ad • The audit report says more than ¢440 million locked up in non-performing investments • The report stated SSNIT did not receive any returns from two of the companies for investments made since 2005 • The Auditor-General has called for the strengthening of supervisory controls The 2020 audit report …

The Social Security and National insurance Trust (SSNIT) on Monday, June 28,2021 began integrating and harmonising its database with the National Identification Authority (NIA). The integration of the databases of the two institutions would save SSNIT US$ 17 million for halting the printing of new biometric cards to its Members. …

Public sector workers under the umbrella of Forum for Public Sector Associations and Unions (FORUM) are threatening labour unrest over what they describe as the Social Security and National Insurance Trust’s (SSNIT) deliberate refusal to comply with a National Labour Commission (NLC) ruling on the payment of past credit. The …