The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament, James Klutse Avedzi has referred Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to the Attorney-General for prosecution over procurement breaches.
This the Auditor-General noted is in contravention of Section 20 of the Public Procurement (Amendment) Act, 2016 (Act 914) which requires the provision of quotations of items from as many suppliers or contractors as practicable.
The Report of the Auditor-General on the Public Accounts of Ghana– Public Boards, Corporations and Other Statutory Institutions for the year ended 31 December 2019 cited SSNIT for procuring Furnishing for Management to the tune of GHc990,000 without alternative quotations.
Meanwhile, SSNIT said, it has been able to save more than Three Hundred Thousand Cedis (300,000) since it started the biometric verification of pensioners in 2018.
The Director General, Dr John Ofori Tenkorang told the Public Account Committee of Parliament that this is a result of the deactivation of 21,337 pensioners for the non-renewable pensioner certificate from April 2018 to June 2022.
In an interview with the media, after the sitting, he said, they are taking steps to ensure some investments are performing well and encouraged pensioners to ensure annually that their names not deactivated.
