{"id":2248,"date":"2024-07-16T05:08:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T05:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=2248"},"modified":"2024-07-16T05:08:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T05:08:34","slug":"ssnit-board-management-have-distinguished-themselves-says-osafo-maafo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=2248","title":{"rendered":"SSNIT board, management have distinguished themselves, says Osafo-Maafo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The director general of the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asaaseradio.com\/npra-gives-ssnit-greenlight-to-continue-negotiations-with-rock-city-says-employment-minister\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Social Security and National Insurance Trust<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0(SSNIT), Kofi Osafo-Maafo, has said the board and management of the institution have performed well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Over the weekend, SSNIT called a halt to plans to divest\u00a0<\/span>itself of\u00a0<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">60% stakes in four\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asaaseradio.com\/hotels-saga-proposal-from-freddy-blays-son-was-returned-unopened-says-ssnit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">hotels<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0owned by the Trust.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The hotels in the share sale are La Palm Beach Hotel and the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra, the\u00a0<\/span>Ridge Royal Hotel in Cape Coast and Elmina Beach Hotel.<span id=\"more-219113\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The move to call off the sale comes barely 24 hours after labour unions declared their intention to embark on a nationwide strike over the sale of the hotels to the Rock City Hotel group, owned by the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Minority in Parliament and the University Teachers Association of Ghana (<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asaaseradio.com\/article-power-outages-being-resolved\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">UTAG<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">) have since called for the board and management of the institution to step down over the decision to sell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, reacting to the development on the\u00a0<em>Asaase Breakfast Show<\/em>\u00a0on Monday (15 July), Osafo-Maafo said the management and board have distinguished themselves in managing the<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0institution\u2019s<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">affairs<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"stream-item-size\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe board and management of SSNIT have improved the performance of SSNIT significantly,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have taken significant measures to improve the Trust \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWhen we took over, we began to put in measures to\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">really<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0change the face of SSNIT. If we look at the operational side of SSNIT, I think no one can deny that SSNIT is a\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">totally<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> different entity,\u201d Osafo-Maafo said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cOur processing time for benefits has improved significantly: the times are down to about a third [of the previous waiting time]. We are now more efficient.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2753284703313861\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_5_host\"><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIf you look at even our investment business, for the first time I would say we put in the most comprehensive investment guidelines,\u201d Osafo-Maafo said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asaaseradio.com\"><strong>www.asaaseradio.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The director general of the\u00a0Social Security and National Insurance Trust\u00a0(SSNIT), Kofi Osafo-Maafo, has said the board and management of the institution have performed well. Over the weekend, SSNIT called a halt to plans to divest\u00a0itself of\u00a060% stakes in four\u00a0hotels\u00a0owned by the Trust. 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