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Very soon, employers and individuals will no longer have to worry about leaving their comfort zones to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) office to pay pension funds. This is because SSNIT is gearing its head up to introduce a system where people can pay their contributions via Mobile Money (MoMo). digitrust Also, a platform would be launched to allow contributors pay their monthly contributions directly from their banks to SSNIT’s account. This was made known by the Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), John Ofori-Tenkorang, at an operation conference held in the Eastern region. In a press release sighted by GhanaWeb, Mr Ofori-Tenkorang was optimistic his outfit will launch this platform before the year ends. Latest News In Ghana. Click Here To Read Our Latest News Stories The Director-General of SSNIT said, “If you want to pay your SSNIT, you either have to walk to our partner banks to pay there or come to our office but some people find that as a challenge especially when there is no bank near you or when you cannot walk to our offices. So what we are doing is that we are going to introduce the ability to pay by MoMo. Related Articles Fuel Station Ghana among countries with highest fuel prices in Africa – Report 7 hours ago No Withholding Tax On Gold Export From January 2022 – Minister 9 hours ago BOST takes delivery of Tema-Akosombo pipelines from the US after 12-year setback 11 hours ago YouStart won’t be ‘whom you know’ policy – Ofori-Atta 11 hours ago “It is going to be tied to a new platform that we are going to launch and people can pay through mobile money and they can also pay directly from their bank account to our bank account without leaving their offices. I am hoping that we will launch this before the end of the year,” he added. A total of GH¢1.8billion has been made in benefit payments to pensioners during the first half of 2021. This represents an 8.17% increase in benefits paid compared to the 2020 figure of GH¢1.66 billion. As of October 2021, SSNIT has paid a total of GH¢246.59 million to 219,598 pensioners. Source: ghanaweb.com

23 November 2021

The Appeals Court in Cape Coast which is hearing the petition against the legitimacy of the elected Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyekye Quayson, has fixed Monday, December 13, 2021, to rule on legal arguments in the case.

The three-member panel of judges made up of Justices Irene Charity Larbi JA, Georgina Mensah-Datsa JA and Yaw Darko Asare JA, made the adjournment after refusing to refer a number of legal questions to the Supreme Court as requested by the lawyers of Mr. Quayson.

The Assin North Parliamentary election petition is at the instance of one Michael Ankomah-Nimfah who contends that Mr. James Gyekye, the recently elected MP, is a Canadian citizen.

As part of his defence, Mr. Gyakye’s lawyers raised constitutional questions at the High Court and then asked that the case be referred to the Supreme Court for interpretation.

However, the court refused.

On 19th November 2021, the case was called at the Court of Appeal at Cape Coast, with the petitioner, Michael Ankomah-Nimfah present in court together with his lawyers, Mr. Frank Davies and Mr. Bright Adjekum.

The Electoral Commission was as usual absent from court. Neither did any lawyer represent the Electoral Commission.

Hon. James Gyakye Quayson, who had appealed the High Court’s decision was represented in court by lawyers Tsatsu Tsikata and Justin Pwavra Teriwajah.

Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata moved the motion for a number of constitutional questions to be referred to the apex court.

In response, Frank Davies, lawyer for the petitioner denied that the questions of law are not worth referring to the Supreme Court. He contended that the Court of Appeal is competent to make decisions on all the above questions without referring them to the Supreme Court.

The Assin North Parliamentary election petition arose after the petitioner went to court contending Hon. James Quayson is not qualified in accordance with article 94(2) to become an MP since he had dual citizenship (that of Canada and Ghana) at the time of his nomination to stand for election as an MP. Notably, by the time of the election on 7th December 2021 James Quayson insists he had renounced his Canadian citizenship.

Source:whatsupnewsghana

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