Accra, Jan 26, GNA – African University College of Communication (AUCC), has graduated 17 students under its newly introduced AUCC Pensions Academy.
The six-week course, which is Ghana’s premier specialist pensions training programme, aims to provide professional training for trustees of provident funds, occupational pension schemes and other stakeholders involved in the management of schemes.
The training enables participants to meet the statutory requirement and manage their schemes effectively as well as to provide an opportunity for all people to learn and fully understand the nature and function of retirement plans.
The Academy currently runs certificate in Pensions Management Course covering Ghana’s New Three Tier Pension Scheme, Pensions Administration and Trustee’s Role, Investment of Assets, Business Ethics and Knowledge of Trust Documentation.
Others are the Law Relating to Pensions, Knowledge of Scheme Investment Policy, Law Relating to Trust and Trustee Role and Running a defined contribution Occupational Pension Pensions Scheme.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr Samuel Anning, Director of the Academy urged the students to make use of the knowledge acquired from the Academy to educate people on the importance of Pension Scheme.
He tasked them to be ethical in taking decisions that would be in the interest of stakeholders.
‘Go out there to be Ambassadors and bring excellence to your work and the Academy,’ he urged.
Professor Kweku Armah, Member of the Academy Governing Council, noted that pension management had been critical among the old age, therefore, the need for the Academy to train professionals to educate people on Pension Scheme.
He congratulated the graduates and challenged them to be assertive and not to be afraid of taking critical decisions to make them successful in their career, adding that ‘success takes one step to complacency’.
GNA