The Controller and Accountant General’s Department is undertaking a national identification card and biometric data verification exercise to link the National Identification Authority (NIA) numbers with the pension database for CAP 30 pensioners.
Controller said, this is to clean the database and to ensure legitimate pensioners receive their benefits due to them.
All pensioners are to present the following documents:
- Ghana Card (Copy of Front and back)
- Pension Form 1
- Pension Advice
In a letter signed by the Controller and Accountant General, Kwasi Kwaning-Bosompem said the verification exercise would take place at room 103 of the CAGD’s Head office, all CAGD regional offices, various pension association offices and meeting points and finance offices of all Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs).
It advised Ghana CAP 30 pensioners living abroad to fully participate in the exercise. These category of people are to submit all their documents through their respective Foreign Missions. “Those who do not have the Ghana Card must still submit the other documents together with their completed life certificates to the missions while taking steps to obtain their Ghana Card” the CAGD indicated in the statement.
The exercise is scheduled to end on Thursday, 31st August, 2023.
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