National Social Security Fund (NSSF) managing director, Patrick Ayota, has revealed that employees are now faking death so that they get their NSSF savings.
Ayota said there are many employees who are faking their death by going to the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) to get a death certificate for processing their NSSF savings, but they found out that they are not dead because they used their biometric fingerprint.
Ayota said nowadays, accessing NSSF savings for a dead person takes a long time because if officials are processing payments, they first visit homes to see the grave, and ask local council leaders and their neighbours if the person truly died.
Ayota said nationwide, the compliance rate of paying NSSF savings of employees is at 57%, which means employers remit the money on time and in full amounts by the 20th of every month.
He said this has been made possible because of the whistle-blower platform where people report employers who are not remitting the NSSF savings of his/her employees without identifying themselves or the employers’ knowledge.
He made the remarks while speaking during a regional employers’ meeting organised by NSSF at Bomah Hotel in Gulu City on Monday, November 13, bringing together employers from the sub-regions of West Nile, Acholi, and Lango.
