NSSF to showcase ”itself”at the 40th DITF

 

NSSF Chief Public Relations and Marketing Ms Eunice Chiume

Christian Gaya, Business Times, Friday July1-7,2016

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is among seven public pension funds showcasing pension products at the Dar Es Salaam International Trade fair (DITF) in Dar es Salaam, to attract more local and international trade goers in the country. Rwandan President Paul Kagame is expected in Dar es Salaam on July 1 as a guest of honour to open the 40th Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair (DITF)

The chief public relations and marketing Ms Eunice Chiume stated that, NSSF has planned to take full advantage of the 40th Nyerere International Trade Fair which is taking place at the Mwalimu J.K.Nyerere Trade Fair Grounds to educate the trade fair goers on the objectives, functions and benefits offered by the fund to the insured members and their families.

NSSF, the leading social security provider in Tanzania, last year scooped the Best Overall Exhibitor award at the 39th DITF that took place between June 28, 2015 and July 8, 2015 at Mwalimu Nyerere International Trade Fair Grounds. It is located along Kilwa Road, 8 km South of Dar es Salaam.

The International Trade Fair, organised annually by the Tanzania Trade Development Authority (TanTrade) provides an occasion for exploring investment opportunities in the country while supporting and promoting local manufacturers and service providers.

Speaking to Business Times, Eunice explained that apart from providing such public education, NSSF would use this opportunity to register new members from both small scale farmers and small scale miners on the spot so as to enable them to enjoy short term and long term benefits such as health care, employment injury and occupation diseases, funeral grant, maternity and invalid pension, survivors pension, and old age pension respectively, including SACCOS loan  and loans for affordable house.

She said that NSSF trained and customer oriented staff will also help its members to get their account statements regarding remittance of their monthly contributions.

“A member of NSSF scheme will have an access to her/his contributions and personal reports by either sending a short message service (SMS) through 15747 via mobile phone instantly,” Eunice said.

NSSF has established an automated call center to connect its members and other stakeholders through mobile phone SMS service to enable them access contributions balances on mobile phones, and detailed statements online from the Fund, also to communicate directly with the Fund’s appropriate departments.

NSSF has attracted multi-billion investments which had contributed to Tanzania’s fast growing economy. She explained that, a part of registering new members and collection of members’ contributions, NSSF invests in various economic ventures.

“NSSF is looking at implementation of member-oriented projects, undertaking agriculture based projects with the priority on value added projects, implement job creating investments, extending loans to VICOBA through Micro Financing Enterprises and Construction of more affordable houses for sale with priority given to members” she noted.

Eunice said that, in its efforts to reach a wide coverage of pension services and other social security services in Tanzania, NSSF has established NSSF Wavuvi Scheme or Fisherman Scheme.

“This special social security service will attract potential members from fishing sector across Tanzania and who depend fishing as their daily income generating activity” she reveals.

NSSF has also established Wakulima Scheme a new social security service targeting to cover the farming sector. In recognizing potentials and opportunities available in Tanzania’s mining sector the NSSF has initiated a scheme targeting to benefit small scale miners across the country

“Established as “Madini Scheme,” this social security service is set to attract potential members from the mining sector across Tanzania and who depend small scale mining as their source of income and bread earner,” explained Eunice.

Eunice called farmers, wavuvi, artisanal miners and the general members of the public to visit the NSSF BOOT during the 40^th Dar Es Salaam International Trade Fair (DITF) which is taking place at the Mwalimu J.K.Nyerere Trade Fair Grounds so as they can join with NSSF innovative schemes to enable them members and their families to enjoy free medical treatment services provided by the NSSF through this scheme as an initiative aiming to create healthy families for optimum productivity.

“Other benefits a member will enjoy are such as invalid pension, old age pension,survivors pension and maternity benefit, employment injury and occupational diseases, funeral grant, including soft loans for fishing inputs, agro-inputs and for fishing inputs, school fees for members children and other development activities,” Eunice reveals.

According to Eunice, NSSF Tanzania has over the years, won numerous awards in the categories of best overall exhibitor, best in the high quality displays sector, most  innovative exhibitor as well as best customer care at the Dar Es Salaam International Trade fair (DITF). NSSF is also ISO 9001:2008 Certification pension scheme in Tanzania.