SSNIT Announces Annual Pension Renewals

SSNIT Announces Annual Pension Renewals

Kwesi Afreh Biney   The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) is set to introduce a new annual Pensioner Certificate Renewal Policy starting from April 2026 to help guarantee continuous payment of pension benefits. Management, in a statement on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, said the new policy is intended to strengthen the integrity of the SSNIT Pension Scheme by ensuring  pension payments are made to all living and eligible benef…

SSNIT implements annual mandatory certification for pensioners aged 60 and above to enhance scheme

The Social Security and Social Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has begun implementing the annual mandatory certification of all pensioners, both old age and invalidity, right from the commencement of their pension. The revised policy addresses critical gaps in the 2018 policy, which limited annual certification to pensioners aged 72 years (PNDCL 247) and 75 years for those under the current Pensions Act, Act 766. Under the initiative, which is expected …