General News of Thursday, 11 April 2019Source: dailyguidenetwork.comSSNIT exceeds target by GHC1mDr. John Ofori-TenkorangThe Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has indicated that it exceeded its revenue target for the year 2018. According to the Trust, it collected GHC1.82 billion in 2018 compared to a target of GHC1.81 billion. Deputy Director-General of SSNIT in-charge of Operations & Benefits, Laurette Korkor Otchere, made the revelation in an interview with DAILY GUIDE last week. She indicated that active contributors increased to 1,533,942 as at December 20187, noting that the increment had improved the contributor to pension ratio to 8:1. The Deputy Director-General further indicated that “contributions also improved significantly”, adding that GH¢1.82 billion was collected compared to GH¢1.81, representing a performance of 100.1 per cent.

Source: GhanaWeb April 11, 2019 10:30 UTC