The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) says it is ready to pay pensions through mobile money from the second quarter of this year.
Speaking to Kojo Mensah on the Asaase Breakfast Show, John Ofori-Tenkorang, the director general of SSNIT said, “Very soon and within this second quarter we are going to roll out the ability to pay contributions and pensions through mobile money for the people that are very remote…”
He added, “So if you wanted to pay me and you’re an employer in a little village far away from a bank you can send me the money through mobile money. And then you also retiring in a nice village and you don’t want to come to the nearest bank to collect your money for your monthly pension, we’ll try to send some of that also through to you via mobile money.
“We are going to try to roll it out this quarter,” Ofori-Tenkorang said.
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