The management of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) says attesting to account details of pensioners has no bearing on the payment of past credits concerns raised by the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG).
In a statement directed at CLOGSAG, SSNIT said that attesting to pension claims will not lead to lost benefits.
Explaining the need for the attestations, it said “one does not forfeit any rightfully earned benefits when additional financial information is retrieved for that person at a later date.”
“…The said acceptance or attestation does not have anything to do with the payment of past credit and matters arising thereof,” it added.
CLOGSAG had complained that the attestation forms are “designed in a manner that does not allow a pensioner to any claim, thereafter, if there are even genuine grounds for further payment”.
It advised its members to desist from completing the form saying the issue of past credits has not been resolved and there remained the possibility of further payments.
But SSNIT assured that it would be transparent in the processes.
It said, “if any inaccuracy is noticed, Members can draw the Trust’s attention for it to be rectified and indicate whether they want their benefits to be paid whilst the issues with the Statements are resolved later”.
“Members may also exercise the right to wait for the anomalies to be corrected before their pensions are computed and paid,” it added.