The
Director-General
of
the
Social
Security
and
National
Insurance
Trust
(SSNIT),
Kofi
Bosompem
Osafo-Maafo,
has
defended
the
company’s
board
members
and
management
amidst
calls
for
their
resignation.
According
to
Osafo-Maafo,
the
board
members
and
management
of
SSNIT
have
done
enough
to
justify
their
continued
tenure
in
office.
Responding
to
calls
by
Organised
Labour
and
other
stakeholders
for
the
dissolution
of
SSNIT’s
board
following
the
termination
of
the
proposed
sale
of
a
60
percent
stake
in
four
hotels
owned
by
SSNIT
to
Rock
City
Hotel,
Mr.
Osafo-Maafo
stated
that
the
board
members
and
management
deserve
to
serve
their
respective
terms.
He
highlighted
several
projects
and
investments
that
the
Trust
has
undertaken
and
executed
since
2017
to
support
his
defence.
“Let
me
make
another
point
that
is
worth
stressing
and
that
is
what
the
board
and
management
of
SSNIT
have
achieved
since
I
have
been
there
since
2017
and
I
can
speak
to
the
track
record
and
changes
that
have
been
put
in
place.
“When
we
look
at
the
operational
improvements
that
have
been
brought
in,
the
efficiency
of
the
SSNIT’s
operation
has
been
much
better.
If
you
look
at
the
legacy
issues
and
the
magnitude
of
what
we
inherited,
we
have
resolved
them
positively.
“The
contracts
that
SSNIT
went
in
to
do
real
estate
as
far
back
as
2016
involved
an
investment
of
$185
million
and
we
are
in
the
process
of
disposing
of
approximately
20
percent
of
those
real
estate
assets
and
we
are
continuing
to
do
that.
In
cost-saving
measures,
the
saving
alone
that
we
made
on
the
Westhills
Ridge
project
is
$30
million.”
“I
can
go
through
other
real
estate
investments
that
began
a
few
years
ago
and
we
have
just
completed
the
largest
affordable
housing
project
in
the
country
in
Kumasi.
“We
have
also
put
in
a
set
of
investments
that
will
outlive
me
to
put
the
Trust
in
the
best
position,”
Mr.
Osafo-Maafo
told
the
host,
Bernard
Avle
of
the
Citi
Breakfast
Show
on
Monday,
July
15.