Tag Archives: SSNIT

SSNIT Must Pay Ghanaian Workers A Reasonable Unemployment Benefits

The Ghanaian workers who have led the onslaught for our emancipation since pre- independence days and have continued in the post Independence era to shore up the CPP and all Governments,  have been shortchanged by SSNIT, an institution which was created to protect the workers welfare.   SSNIT must rise …

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SSNIT shoots down Mahama’s calls to pay contributors 3-months token

he Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has rejected calls by former President John Mahama that all contributors should be given a three-month token to cushion them against hardship in this era of coronavirus pandemic. “That the benefits His Excellency is suggesting that we pay do not exist in …

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SSNIT brand ambassador program takes off in UDS, Navrongo

The Management of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) as part of its efforts to build a social security conscious generation, has commenced the training of students as brand ambassadors on selected university campuses. The maiden program took place at the Navrongo campus of the University for Development Studies …

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SSNIT set to train brand ambassadors at GETFUND in Sunyani

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has held a program to train SSNIT Brand Ambassadors (SBAs) for the Trust at the University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani.   The SSNIT Brand Ambassadors’ training which was organized for some selected student opinion leaders who are assumed to be …

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Many Ghanaians don’t plan properly for retirement – SSNIT boss

The Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust, Dr John Ofori-Tenkorang, has revealed that the reason many Ghanaians cannot have a relaxed and happy retirement is because they have a poor attitude towards that stage of their lives. He says persons who didn’t have formal jobs in the …

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Register biometrically by 1 Feb or get deleted – SSNIT to pensioners

Pensioners who fail to register biometrically will have their names deleted from the pension payroll by Saturday, 1 February 2020, the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has said. SSNIT introduced the biometric registration to enhance its operations and services. In a Facebook post on Friday, 10 January 2020, …

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SSNIT to stop paying monthly benefits to pensioners in 2020

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) says it will from February 2020 cease payment of monthly benefits to all pensioners who fail to biometrically register with the scheme. All names pensioners on SSNIT who have not done the biometric registration the scheme will automatically have their names deleted …

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My ‘highly qualified’ sons topped SSNIT, NCA interviews – Osafo Maafo justifies his sons’ jobs

Senior Minister Mr Yaw Osafo Maafo has come to the defense of his two sons, Kofi Bosompem Osafo Maafo and Kwadwo Gyamfi Osafo Maafo for taking over positions in government agencies at a time their father said the system was choked. He argues that the two ‘qualified boys’ aced the …

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SSNIT pays GHC1.7 billion to pensioners as at July 2019

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has paid over GH¢1.7 billion to more than 200,000 pensioners on the pension payroll as at July 2019. It has also reduced its average benefits processing time from 21 days in 2018 to 17 days and registered 106 per cent of its …

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SSNIT pays GHC1.7 billion to pensioners as at July 2019

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has paid over GH¢1.7 billion to more than 200,000 pensioners on the pension payroll as at July 2019. It has also reduced its average benefits processing time from 21 days in 2018 to 17 days and registered 106 percent of its target …

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