NSA warns on pension fraud
Staff Writer
HARARE, The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) says it is aware of some scammers trying to defraud the Authority by submitting illegitimate and undeserving pension claims, when in actual fact they have not contributed to the pension.
The authority said undeserving claims entail a situation where people reap where they did not sow. In accordance with the design of the NSSA Pension Fund, there should be corresponding contributions to each pension claim for the pay-outs to be meaningful.
“Undeserving claims eat into the contributions and pay-outs of the deserving claimants, thereby negatively impacting on the level of benefits paid to the pensioners,” Nssa said.
Nssa said it has put in place an efficient and effective claims adjudication mechanism in order to detect and weed out such claims.
These include collaborations with key partners such as the Register General’s Office and the Zimbabwe Republic Police.
“We have examples of people who have served jail terms for attempting to defraud the Authority through undeserving claims,” it said.
