All security agencies in Ghana are exempted from the unification of the public sector pension schemes under the National Pensions Act 2008 (Act 766).
This decision was taken by cabinet on Monday, August 17, 2020, after a lengthy discussion on the implementation of the unification of the various pension schemes enjoyed by public servants.
This was disclosed by the Minister for Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, at a press briefing in Accra on Thursday, August 20, 2020.
He said cabinet has recommended that the Ghana Police Services, the Ghana Immigration Service, the Ghana National Fire Service, the Ghana Prison Service and officers of National Security and the Intelligence Unit should be excluded from the unification of the public sector pensions schemes.
He added that cabinet also recommended the amendment of the National Pensions Act 2008 to make all security services enjoy CAP 30 pension.
“The decision was positive discrimination and the reason behind it was that the President and his cabinet Ministers took notice of the peculiar nature of the task of the security services and the risk involved,” he said.
Mr Nkrumah said cabinet has directed the Minister for Employment and Labour Relations to commence the process to have the law amended to reflect these decisions.
He said this decision reaffirms a public statement made by the Minister for Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery that the President would not change the pension scheme for the Ghana Police Service, after a section of the public suggested that some members of the security service were to make personal contribution to Social Security and National Insurance Trust Scheme (SSNIT) Pension Scheme under the unified public pension scheme.
Ishmael Batoma, ISD