NSSA faces US$7,4m lawsuit

THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA is facing a US$7,4 million lawsuit by technology vendor over unpaid license fees, it has emerged.

Twenty Third Century Systems ( TTCS) accuses NSSA of hitting it with a pre-emptive US$10,4 million suit last year to avoid paying for a software system.

In its 2021 lawsuit, NSSA claimed that the old, SAPbacked information technology backbone or platform was not working after years of using it.

TTCS in High Court summons dated February 23 said it wanted NSSA to pay US$831 000 “which is due and owing in respect of annual l maintenance fees on an agreed number of software licenses supplied to the defendant by the plainti at the defendant’s behest.”

It also demanded payment of US$5 066 984 “for being fees due and owing for the software licenses utilised by defendant in excesss and without consent of the plainti .”

TTCS also wants NSSA to pay US$1 470 122 for maintainance and license fees for the period between October 2016 to September 2017 and the period October 2017 to December 2017.

It wants the ammounts to be paid with a 5% interest per annum from the “the date of breach to the date of payment in full.”

NSSA was given 10 days to respond to the summons. Last year NSSA issued summons against TTCs seeking a refund of all the money it paid for the implementation of Systems, Applications and Products (SAP) that said failed to work for it.