Ghana’s Pensions Regime Requires Urgent Reforms
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has called for major reforms in pension administration in Ghana. Dr Bawumia is particularly ...
Tag: Pension
BEIGE Launches Nationwide Campaign On Pensions
Financial Services Provider BEIGE has launched a Tier-3 personal pension scheme targeted at ensuring financial independence for subscribers during retirement. ...
IMANI Scores Martin Amidu High, Wants Him Turn To COCOBOD Once Approved
Policy think-tank IMANI Ghana says former Attorney General Martin Amidu who was vetted by parliament Tuesday for the Office of ...
Gov’t Will Engage Labour Unions Against Strike
Government is set to engage the 12 labour unions whose members – as announced by their leadership – have threatened ...
12 Labour Unions Threaten Strike Over Tier Two Pension
Twelve public sector labour unions have given government up to the end of July 2017, to pay their tier two pension contributions. ...
Labour Unions To Petition Parliament, Threaten To Sue Ofori-Atta If…
Labour unions in Ghana are to petition parliament on what appears to be an illegality being committed by the Finance ...
E&P, Ibrahim Mahama Settle Indebtedness To SSNIT
The criminal case against the construction firm, Engineers and Planners (E&P), and its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr Ibrahim Mahama, ...
Axis Pension Trust Provides Borehole To Okosso Community
Axis Pension Trust Ltd, a leading pension fund management company headquartered in Accra, has in collaboration with an NGO, Meaningful Life ...
Pension Contributions To Be Paid Via Mobile Money
Employees in Ghana’s informal sector have been given a flexible opportunity to enroll on a Pension Scheme. The move is ...
NPRA Gets Tough On Employers To Pay SSNIT Contributions
The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has renewed its call on companies to ensure the payment of the pensions of ...
12m People Without Pension As Fund Managers, Telco Devise New Strategy
An estimated 12 million people in the informal sector of the economy are without any form of pension, a situation ...
Government, GNAT Clear 42,347 Teachers To Be Paid Arrears
The government, in collaboration with the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), has completed 90 per cent of the validation ...
Ibrahim Mahama Sued For Not Paying Workers’ SSNIT Contributions
It appears the Chief Executive of Engineers and Planners, Ibrahim Mahama’s troubles, are piling up, as he has now been ...
Pension Funds Lick Wounds After Missing Out On US$2.25bn Bond Deal
The country missed a novel opportunity to invest portions of its pension funds in medium to long term instruments, the ...
NPRA Reduces Informal Sector Registration Fees
The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA), has reduced its exorbitant informal sector scheme registration fees from GHC5,000.00 to GHC1,000.00 to ...
No Salary For 26,589 Government Workers
Some 26,589 public sector workers will not receive their salaries due to their failure to register on the new Social ...
Taiwan Leader Calls For Calm Over Pension Reform Chaos
Taiwan's leader called for calm after violent protests over pension reforms outside parliament Wednesday saw scores of demonstrators scuffling with ...
Rising Costs Threaten SSNIT Survival; Finance Minister Worried
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has expressed concern about the rising operational costs of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust ...
Government To Reactivate Informal Sector Pension
The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, has disclosed that government is determined to ensure the reactivation of the SSNIT ...
Lawyer Storms Supreme Court
A private legal practitioner Elikplim L. Agbemava, has filed a suit at the Supreme Court seeking clarification on some of ...