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 NATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY AND INSURANCE TRUST (NaSSIT)
The National Social Security and Insurance Trust is a Statutory Public Trust charged with the responsibility of administering Sierra Leone’s National Pension Scheme. NaSSIT was established through the National Social Security and Insurance Trust Act. No. 5 of 20th July 2001“to provide retirement and other benefits to meet the contingency needs of workers and their dependents and to provide other related matters”.
After the declaration of the end of the decade-long civil war (1991-2002), the President, Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, expressed his desire to establish a social security scheme as part of the process of rehabilitation, reconstruction and resettlement geared towards sustainable peace, good governance, socio-economic development and political advancement. In order to achieve his dream, the President included Social Security within the mandate of the Ministry of Labour and Industrial Relations, in 1999, with the responsibility of establishing the Scheme for all categories of workers, and the Social Safety Net for the aged and needy throughout Sierra Leone. The following are the main duties of the Trust:
Registration of employers and employees Collection of contributions Processing and payment of benefits The maintenance of records on contributions and Insured earnings Compliance and enforcement procedures - Management of the funds of the scheme
NaSSIT has ten divisions as follow; Operation; Benefits; Finance; Public Affairs; Investment and Project Division; Legal Affairs and Board Secretariat; Research, Planning and Actuarial; Information and Communication Technology; Internal Audits division; Administration, Facilities and Human Resource. It also has three departments as follow; Procurement; Customer services and Compliance; Risk and Quality Department that are not under the supervision of any of the divisions but rather report directly to the Director General’s Office.
MISSION
"To administer a social security scheme that provides financial security to all employees in Sierra Leone in the form of Old age benefits, Invalidity benefits and Survivors based on Social Insurance principles."
VISION
"To be the centre of excellence in providing quality social security protection through promoting a culture of high quality performance among its staff."
CONTACT DETAILS |
Director General:
Mr. Mohamed Fuaad Daboh Deputy Director General:
Mr. Mohammed Gondoe
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32 Walpole Street, P.O. BOX 29, Freetown
35a Lightfoot Boston Street, Freetown
Email: info@nassit.gov.sl
Website:www.nassit.gov.sl |
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