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Funeral parlour, Registrar Office collaborating to sanitise Old Age Pension system

Jan 24, 2018 News

As the Ministry of Social Protection (MoSP) continues its efforts to digitise the old age pension system in coastal Guyana, the exercise will see information technology being utilised to eliminate pension books.
It will also establish a system where seniors will be allowed to use their National Identification (ID) cards to uplift their pension.
In a recent interview with the Department of Public Information (DPI), Director of Social Services, Wentworth Tanner, explained that the Ministry is working in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Telecommunications (MoPT) to upgrade the system into an automated one.
“…Currently, the system is primarily manual, we want to get the system automated and so that’s an ongoing process. We are continuing to work to get it on-stream as soon as possible,” Tanner explained.
The Social Services Director said that an important aspect of the project will be the sanitisation of the old age pension database, which entails the removal of dead pensioners from the pension register.
He said that the Ministry is collaborating with the Registrar Office and funeral parlours in this regard and based on information gathered, the list will be cleansed.
On the issue of Guyanese who reside overseas and access pensions, Tanner said, “That is a bit more challenging given how the pension system is currently set up, however, these are things that will be addressed once the system is automated.”
The digitisation project is intended to ensure efficiency, accountability, and transparency in the distribution of Old Age Pension. It will reduce the need for workers to search various documents in order to retrieve information. Probation officers will also be afforded more time to conduct field work and visitations.

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