The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) says it will soon embark on a mass registration exercise, especially among those in the informal sector to shore up its membership.

The prime objective is to ensure many Ghanaian workers are enrolled onto the scheme as against the current situation where only 1.7 million out of the remaining millions of the workers are active members of SSNIT.

Dr. John Ofori-Tenkorang, the Director-General of SSNIT was speaking at a day’s forum on pensions in Sunyani organised for workers in partnership with the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

The leadership of TUC and SSNIT have been holding a series of sensitization seminars for workers in the various regions to educate workers about benefits they stand to derive from the scheme as well as the need to plan effectively towards retirement.

The engagements, which have already been held in Eastern, Volta, Greater Accra, Central, Western and Ashanti regions also form part of the Trust’s efforts to improve public knowledge about its operations, clarify misconceptions, improve transparency and accountability and enhance stakeholder support.

He explained the resolve of the SSNIT to maintain accurate pension payroll and only pay “legitimate pension” and would continue to withhold pensions of non-authenticated pensioners of more than 72 years.

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