Business News of Friday, 10 January 2020Source: 3news.comSSNIT to stop paying pensioners not biometrically registeredSSNIT this year announced increase in monthly pensions for the year 2020The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has announced it will from February 1 cease payment of monthly benefits to pensioners who have not biometrically registered with the Trust. SSNIT said it will from February 1, 2020 delete the names of pensioners who have not gone through the SSNIT biometric registration, which started in 2014. It has for the last time asked all members and pensioners to register biometrically by January 31, 2020. SSNIT this year announced increase in monthly pensions for the year 2020 by at least 6.6 per cent and overall 11 per cent for the year. Accordingly, lowest paid pensioners will this year receive 300 monthly while pensioners who received the minimum of 300 cedis monthly last year will now receive 357.18 cedis.

Source: GhanaWeb January 10, 2020 10:41 UTC