Ghana Education News has a question for you. Have you merged your SSNIT with your Ghana Card? 31st Dec is the closing date.
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) card merging with the Ghana Card will officially end on 31st December 2021. According to information made public earlier in the year by SSNIT, once the closing date of 31st December elapses, those who have failed to merge their SSNIT numbers with the Ghana Card will not be able to receive pensions among others.
The merging of the two numbers started in June 2021 as part of efforts to move Ghana towards the use of one national card and building useful quality data on citizens through the Ghana Card. The move by SSNIT to merge the Ghana card its card is expected to provide seamless convenience for members.
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SSNIT’s Acting Public Relations Officer, Mr. Charles Akwei Gershong in an interview on Asempa FM’s Ekosiisen monitored by Ghanaeducation.org stated that the move by SSNIT will ensure contributors would not have to carry along several cards since the Ghana card will serve multiple purposes including accessing their SSNIT data.
From January, SSNIT will only recognize the Ghana card as the sole means of identifying contributors, beneficiaries, and pensioners’. Have you merged your SSNIT number with the Ghana Card?
Follow the steps below to merge your SSNIT number with the Ghana card and beat the closing date.
SSNIT has deployed systems to allow persons to merge their numbers. They include using the shortcode *711*9# or the SSNIT website www.ssnit.org.gh/member
Or follow the steps in the pictures below…
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How to Merge SSNIT Card with Ghana Card (NIA CARD)
Dial *711*9# on your mobile phone
Select option 1
Enter your SSNIT Number
Enter your email address (if the phone number you are using is different from your phone number registered in our database)
Enter the Personal ID Number on your Ghana Card
Select option 1 to complete the merging of your SSNIT and the NIA numbers (Personal ID Number on your Ghana Card)
Now, wait patiently for a message to confirm the merger was successful. You will then receive a notification after the merger.
Source: Ghanaeducation.org
Is this country serious at all. A bunch of incompetent guys in top positions taking decisions without considering the citizens first. Why in the first place do you have to set an ultimatum regarding such a vital thing and secondly why can’t it be automated.
Is SSNIT really serious about this merging of Ghana card with SSNIT number? People are yet to secure the Ghana card, when you go to the registration center close to you, the officials will tell you they have closed registration and it’ll be opened 4th of January. Is SSNIT aware of all these. SSNIT should give People more time .
When leadership becomes a curse unto it’s people! They are going to deny poor, vulnerable, sick pensioners some of who’s very lives depend on these miserly pittance because someone feels it’s nice to do so…GOD SAVE US !