The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has started the direct payment to pensioners who reside in remote locations countrywide.
Pensioners collecting their pension- Photo Credit: (MHSSS)
In a press release, the Ministry stated that a team left on Monday to visit Region 1 to pay eligible senior citizens their pension.
According to Whentworth Tanner, the Ministry’s Director of Social Services, it is the Ministry’s mandate to ensure pensioners, despite their locations, be able to receive their pension “as seamless as possible.”
“We will continue to assess and implement systems for them to receive their pension without the hassle because we do not want our seniors to travel long distances just to uplift their pensions,” he added.
The Ministry facilitates direct payments to remote communities in Regions 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.
Editor’s note: The pension these elderly persons have collected is from taxes they would have paid during their working period.
