SSNIT engage journalists in Ashanti region on SEED initiative

SSNIT engage journalists in Ashanti region on SEED initiative

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has engaged some journalists in Ashanti region, on its recently rolled out self-employed Enrolment Drive (SEED) initiative.
The SEED is an initiative aimed at expanding coverage of basic national social security coverage to self-employed person in the country.

The facilitators for the training workshop include the Public Affairs Manager for SNNIT Mr Charles Akwei Gerson, Kumasi Area Manager for SSNIT, Mr Adomako Mensah and the Media Relations Officer for SNNIT, Mr Robert Dundas Whigham.

Mr Adomako Mensah Kumasi Area Manager said he observe that most people do not understand the operations of SNNIT and misconstrued it to be a tax-collecting agency and hence shy away from enrolling into the Scheme to secure good futures.

It is about people’s misunderstanding of the SSNIT Scheme, and so they think it is a tax, it is just for former sector people, they think we have been collecting their money, that is the challenge we have.

He therefore emphasised that pension contribution are never taxes but insurance buffers for unforeseeable future, and that ‘everybody’ qualifies to be part of the SSNIT Scheme, and not just public sector workers.

Mr Charles Akwei Garshong, the Public Affairs Manager of the SSNIT, reiterated that the SEED is targeted at informing the public that the SSNIT Scheme is not specifically tailored at only public sector workers but that it is meant for every Ghanaian worker.

“it is draw at attention that it SEED is for everyone, you are doing your own business, you may be a lawyer, you may be a consultant, you may be a contractor, you be a driver, irrespective of what you are doing for yourself, you can earn your own income, you determine how much you pay yourself,”he indicated