Pensioners urged to renew life certificates
THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has urged pensioners to renew their life certificates to continue receiving their pay-outs in the wake of Covid-19 containment measures.
Life certificates must be submitted in person at a NSSA office by the pensioner along with a photocopy of his or her national identity card.
The main purpose is for NSSA to be satisfied that the pensioner is still alive and if no certificate is received, then the person is presumed dead, unless a certificate is subsequently received.
In a statement, NSSA urged pensioners to renew their certificates to do so with urgency under strict Covid-19 health measures.
“The National Social Security Authority wishes to advise pensioners who have not renewed their life certificates to do so before 30 June 2021 to guarantee continued pay-outs.
“Administration of life certificates will be done according to strict Covid-19 protocols, with limited numbers being handled at various NSSA regional, sub and satellite offices across the country. Pensioners are advised to utilise their nearest offices for this exercise.
“Since April 1, 2021, NSSA has been on a massive life certificates administration exercise throughout the country to mitigate the risk of paying undeserving beneficiaries and ghost pensioners.
NSSA has continued to accept life certificates well after the end of the December 2020 deadline and earlier this year warned that those who had not submitted life certificates before the April payroll was done were likely to have their pensions suspended.
It only stopped the pension payments in May for those who had not submitted life certificates.
Those who had stopped receiving their pension for this reason are now being urged to obtain from NSSA, a life certificate.