South Sudan needs to develop new regulations to govern the country’s pension schemes and increase employment.
Thomas Tut Doap is the acting Director General of Pension and Social Insurance in the national Ministry of Public Service and Human Resource Development. He told Good News Radio that the country’s pension scheme was governed by Sudan’s National Pension Fund policy rules.
He said a new policy that includes recruitment, promotion and retirement procedures will ensure that public servants receive their benefits at retirement.
He added that the policy would address the problem of unemployment too.
Mr Tut said the country faces tribalism and favouritism.
He urged those tasked with the responsibility of retiring employees to do their job with fairness.
He called on medical officers assigned to determine the age of employees to give the proper age since some people are giving wrong information about their age to remain at work.
Lakes State Caretaker Minister for Public Service and Human Resource Development Joseph Maker Madit assured public servants that pension contributions made before the new electronic payroll system will not be lost.
He clarified that the records of contributions made during the old system are kept.
The two officials made their statements after a one-day awareness workshop held in Rumbek to sensitize public servants in Lakes State about the new pension system in South Sudan.