By
J.Y Owusu, GNA
Winneba (C/R), June
22, GNA – About 50 SSNIT Pensioners living in and around Winneba dealing with
the Akyempim Rural Bank in the Central Region, have recommended the managements
of the Akyempim Rural Bank and SSNIT for their excellent team work.
According to the
Pensioners, their respective monthly Pension pay packets were unexpectedly
delayed for a couple of months due to Technical fault allegedly caused by the
former management of the Bank.
The Technical hitch
was discovered by Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) in March
this year, resulting in the suspension of the payment of the affected
Pensioners April and May salaries.
However, through
effective team work coupled with co-operation and mutual understanding,
managements of the two organizations have been able to successfully solve the
challenge to restore the confidence and trust the affected Pensioners reposed
in both the SSNIT and the Akyempim rural bank.
Mr. Joseph Yaw
Owusu, a spokesperson for the affected pensioners, told the Ghana News Agency
that during the period in question management of the bank were able to put in
place a mechanism under which the affected pensioners were given parts of their
respective monthly salaries till the situation improved.
He said when the
worried pensioners who have then gathered at the University of Education`s
north campus branch of the bank to collect their June salaries heard the news
they welcomed it with great jubilation.
Mr. Owusu, retired
media personnel, on behalf of the pensioners appealed to the management of the
bank to ensure that nothing of that sort happens to the Pensioners again.
Commenting on the
issue later, Mr. Stephen Kwesi Bedu, current general management of the Akyempim
rural bank, also expressed his appreciation to SSNIT and the Apex bank for
their immense contributions towards resolving the challenge in good time.
He assured the
pensioners that such mistake will never occur again adding that, the current
board and management of the Bank would continue to protect their interest at
all times.
It will be recalled
that, during the crisis period, a group of people perceived to be unfriendly to
the Akyempim rural Bank, allegedly used SSNIT as a cloak to instigate the
affected Pensioners to withdraw all their monetary transactions with the
Akyempim rural bank and register with new Banking Institutions.
The move, however,
did not yield any fruitful result because a good number of the affected
Pensioners were currently serving various financial-supporting terms with the
Bank.
GNA