Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Kofi Bosompem Osafo-Maafo, has highlighted the progress made in enhancing the trust's operations. During the 2024 annual operations and benefits conference in Elmina, Central Region, Osafo-Maafo outlined the management's strategic focus on three main pillars to ensure the trust's continued success.

Osafo-Maafo emphasized that the key strategies involve focusing on the scheme’s sustainability, integrating advanced technology, and ensuring that benefits are adequate.

He expressed that these measures are essential for maintaining and improving the scheme’s effectiveness.

The Director-General noted that the conference aims to devise strategies for expanding the scheme's coverage and leveraging the latest technologies. Despite steady improvements in contributions from both private and public sectors, Osafo-Maafo voiced concerns about the significant arrears owed by public sector institutions to the trust.

“From management’s perspective, the strategic direction of this institution is based on three pillars. The sustainability of the scheme and its improvement. Indeed, we have made significant strides in improving the sustainability of the scheme. This is going to be done through the expansion of coverage, enforcement of compliance, prudent investment of funds and responsible governance of the Trust and its investments.”

“Secondly, the adoption of state-of-the-art technology for the management and maintenance of accurate and complete data, reliable financial data on members and also for improving our efficiency. And indeed, for those who have been here long enough, I think that there is good evidence that technology has definitely improved.

“I think if you were to look ten years ago, if you were going out you needed a pickup truck and four or five people or more to carry the various boxes across.”

“Today, that task is not as arduous and in fact, I believe that our MIS team are going to ensure that all you will require in the future, you could probably put in your pocket or put in a very small bag and you could get going. his year’s conference discussions.”

“The third pillar is to ensure benefits are adequate. We’ve taken significant strides to ensure that this aspect has improved significantly. And indeed, if we look at the data that we have for the private sector, the public sector, and also total contributions, there have been marked improvements. But as I always say, we can always do better and each year, we must strive to do better.”