By Christopher Tetteh
Kumasi, (Ashanti), Oct. 31, GNA – The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has called for the consolidation of employee allowances and salaries for SSNIT pension contributors for a more secure future financial stability.
Mr Philip Kofi Senyah, the SSNIT Manager in-Charge of Operations said the merger remained a strategic roadmap to guarantee employees’ long-term financial security and independence on retirement.
Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on the sidelines of the SSNIT’s maiden ‘Media Connect’ in Kumasi, Mr Senyah advised both formal and informal sector contributors to consider the merger and to increase their monthly pension contributions.
The SSNIT organised the ‘Media Connect’ forum to strengthen its collaboration and also empower the media to promote accurate, balanced and impactful stories on social security.
It was attended by media professionals and managers drawn from Ashanti, Ahafo, Bono and Bono East Regions as part of the 60th anniversary celebration of the SSNIT on the theme “A legacy of service”.
Mr Senyah explained that the benefits of contributors were calculated based on their monthly contributions, justifying that merging their allowances and salaries would increase their contributions and retirement benefits.
GNA
Edited by Dennis Peprah/Benjamin Mensah