The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has admonished pensioners who are yet to complete their Pensioner Certificates to immediately renew or complete before the close of August to maintain their names on the payroll.
Currently, there are some 13,451 pensioners, 72 years and above, who receive a monthly pension, but then are yet to complete or renew their Pensioner Certificates therefore such pensioners should visit the nearest SSNIT office to renew or complete their Pensioner Certificates to avoid difficulties.
A Press Statement issued by SSNIT however, indicated that names of pensioners who failed to complete or renew their pensioner certificates will be removed from payroll and this will effectively start from September 1, 2021.
“Those with mobility challenges may contact SSNIT to schedule a home visit for the completion or renewal of their Pensioner Certificates.
“This exercise will ensure that pensions are paid to the right persons. The accounts of such pensioners will only be reactivated when they renew their Pensioner Certificates,” SSNIT said in its statement.
It continued: “Pensioners visiting SSNIT office for the Pensioner Certificate renewal are strongly encouraged to carry along their Ghana Cards to have their SSNIT and NIA numbers merged if they have not done so already.”
Since 2018, the Trust has, every month, been deleting the names of pensioners aged 72 and above who fail to complete or renew their Pensioner Certificates. This was however halted in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Abba Kwegyirba Aggrey
