THE Public Service Pensions Fund (PSPF) has described as ‘an impressive’ trend in government’s disbursement of monthly contributions for its employees to the latter.
The PSPF told the ‘Daily News’ yesterday
that comparing previous years, from this financial year the government
has ‘never skipped’ paying contributions which amounts to 42bn/- every
month.
PSPF Director of Operations Ms Neema
Muro explained that the monthly contributions from the government were
being received within 10 days of the following month. “As we speak, the
government had already paid all contributions for last November.
We are only waiting for contributions
for December,” Ms Muro said at the sidelines of the seminar for lawyers
working in the district offices. She noted that in the previous the
contributions from the government were delayed even for three or four
months.
The good news comes as the government
recently announced to have paid arrears amounted to 722.7bn/- it owed
the pension funds as a move to improve them.
Premier Kassim Majaliwa said when he
addressed the stakeholders’ meeting in Arusha that the money paid was
part of 964.2bn/- that the pension funds were demanding from the
government as contributions from members. Yesterday’s seminar brought
together about 35 lawyers from all districts in Dar es Salaam whom were
educated on various activities done by the PSPF.
The seminar also aimed at building
capacity among the participants to enable them properly handle legal
issues brought by the citizens regarding the PSPF.
Legal Officer at the Dar es Salaam
Regional Administration’s Office, Ms Fabiola Mwingira, said the seminar
came following the tour of the city by the Regional Commissioner, Mr
Paul Makonda, last month. During the tour, Mr Makonda held public
rallies at which residents were given a chance to air their opinions and
grievances, which were immediately resolved.
Ms Mwingira said it was noticed that
many of the issues raised during the rallies were to do with laws, some
of them relating to the social security funds, particularly benefits.
Speaking on behalf of Mr Makonda as
guest of honour at the event, Assistant Regional Administrative
Secretary, Ms Merry Assey, among others, commended the PSPF for
introducing several new benefits, including education loan. She called
on the Fund to continue educating regional authorities to enable them
properly attend to cases brought to them.
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