The
National Pensioners Association has established Medical Scheme to cater for the
health needs of their members.
This was made known during the National
Executive Council Meeting of the Association held in Bolgatanga.
It was on the
theme “Mobilizing Pensioners towards a Better and Healthy Life”. The
Association is in partnership with sixty three Government and faith-based
hospitals.
The Association through their contributions, have issued 25,000
cards to its members to access health care.
The meeting attracted Pensioners from all the ten regions in the
country.
In an address, the Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Ayine Bukari,
commended the Association for establishing the scheme, adding that the nation
remained indebted to the Pensioners for contributing significantly to national
development.
Mr. Bukari indicated that the government under the leadership of
President Nana Addo Dankwah Akuffo-Addo, was working feverishly through the
Ministry of Finance to streamline and improve upon the welfare and condition of
pensioners.
He added that this will soon be felt in all aspect of their lives,
saying measures are also being put in place to address the needs of key
demographic segments in society.
These measures, Mr. Bukari disclosed are
specifically, to set up pension arrangements for farmers in major cash crop
agricultural sectors like Cocoa, Coffee, Sheanut, Oil Palm, pineapple and
cashew nuts for members of small scale associations such as GPRTU and Association
of Small Scale Industries.
The Regional Minister appealed to the Pensioners to
use their endowed working experience to support the government’s flagship
programmes such as the One Village One Dam and One District One Factory.
He
also admonished them to avoid negative life styles such as smoking and
excessive intake of alcoholism and to regularly exercise and socialize instead
of living in isolation.
The General Secretary of the Association, Edward
Ameyibor, stated that the most important aspect of the Medical Scheme is to
support members with prostate and Gynecological cancers.
He announced that from
September 2017, the policy for each member of the Association, is to receive
300 Ghana cedis per annum as support to purchase drugs from designated pharmacist
across the country.
Mr Ameyibor explained that the meeting was significant
because it coincides with the 25th Anniversary of the National
Pensioners Association and noted that it would also be used as platform to
deliberate on the recent SSNIT saga.
It will also be used to review, reshape
and evaluate programmes and policies to help improve upon the effective
operation of the Association.
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