The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has climaxed its national pension’s awareness week celebration with the opening of its Tema Zonal Office, the fifth office nationwide.
Mr Hayford Attah Krufi, Chief Executive Officer of the NPRA, said the opening of the office was to bring its services closer to the people.
Mr Krufi said the offices would enable the Authority, which was established with the National Pensions Act 766 of 2008, to discharge its mandate of overseeing the administration of pensions in Ghana and regulating and monitoring activities of pension managers and trustees, among others.
He said NPRA deemed it appropriate to situate a zonal office in Tema to serve the many companies, employees and informal workers within the industrial city and its environs.
He said the Authority was working to get informal workers to join pension schemes to secure their future when they no longer have the strength to engage in tedious work.
Mr Isaac Ashai Odamtten, Tema East Member of Parliament, on his part also commended the management of the NPRA for creating the needed awareness on pensions and called on staff to also be interested in the happenings in companies in the area.
