General News of Thursday, 2 May 2019Source: citinewsroom.comHighest paid pensioner earns GHC55,000 a month – SSNIT bossDirector General of SSNIT, Dr. John Ofori-TenkorangThe highest paid pensioner for 2019 earns 55,000 Ghana cedis a month, with the second person earning 50,000 Ghana cedis. This was disclosed by the Director General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Dr. John Ofori-Tenkorang on Citi TV‘s Point of View show on Wednesday. He, however, said the number of people who earn around such amount does not constitute 1% of the pension benefits SSNIT handles. “My highest paid pensioner earns about 55,000 Ghana cedis a month, that’s for 2019, the next one is 50,000, [and] the next one is 45,000. “The benefits that are prescribed by law under the SSNIT pension schemes anchors the benefits that you pay on the salary on which you contributed.

Source: GhanaWeb May 02, 2019 14:37 UTC