The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has called for major reforms in pension administration in Ghana. Dr Bawumia is particularly worried about the growing pensions bill for non-contributors, who...
Financial Services Provider BEIGE has launched a Tier-3 personal pension scheme targeted at ensuring financial independence for subscribers during retirement. The ‘EveryDayPension’ retirement...
Policy think-tank IMANI Ghana says former Attorney General Martin Amidu who was vetted by parliament Tuesday for the Office of the Special Prosecutor, has given a good account of himself as the best...
Government is set to engage the 12 labour unions whose members – as announced by their leadership – have threatened to lay down their tools after Friday, September 29. This was made known by...
Twelve public sector labour unions have given government up to the end of July 2017, to pay their tier two pension contributions. According to the unions, their contributions have been held at the...
Labour unions in Ghana are to petition parliament on what appears to be an illegality being committed by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. The 12 labour unions say Mr Ofori-Atta used the 2017...
The criminal case against the construction firm, Engineers and Planners (E&P), and its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr Ibrahim Mahama, over the non-payment of the social security contributions of...
Axis Pension Trust Ltd, a leading pension fund management company headquartered in Accra, has in collaboration with an NGO, Meaningful Life International (MLI), made a cash donation to fund the...
Employees in Ghana’s informal sector have been given a flexible opportunity to enroll on a Pension Scheme. The move is not only to secure their future but also to help rope more people into the...
The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has renewed its call on companies to ensure the payment of the pensions of their workers. The call comes at a time the regulator is keen on...
An estimated 12 million people in the informal sector of the economy are without any form of pension, a situation that leads to loss of income in retirement and perpetuates old age poverty, Samuel...
The government, in collaboration with the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), has completed 90 per cent of the validation exercise for teachers. Out of the 117,232 documents received,...
It appears the Chief Executive of Engineers and Planners, Ibrahim Mahama’s troubles, are piling up, as he has now been dragged to the Accra District Court for breaching rules regarding the payment...
The country missed a novel opportunity to invest portions of its pension funds in medium to long term instruments, the Managing Director of FirstBanC Financial Services, Mr Amenyo Setordzie, has...
The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA), has reduced its exorbitant informal sector scheme registration fees from GHC5,000.00 to GHC1,000.00 to attract and encourage high participation of...
Some 26,589 public sector workers will not receive their salaries due to their failure to register on the new Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) biometric system. This is because...
Taiwan's leader called for calm after violent protests over pension reforms outside parliament Wednesday saw scores of demonstrators scuffling with police and politicians. The rallies were staged as...
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has expressed concern about the rising operational costs of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), demanding “effective cost control and...
The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, has disclosed that government is determined to ensure the reactivation of the SSNIT informal sector pension scheme that was put on ice by the previous...
A private legal practitioner Elikplim L. Agbemava, has filed a suit at the Supreme Court seeking clarification on some of the benefits enjoyed by Article 71 office holders as well as other public...
