GNAT Accuses NPRA of Selective Enforcement of Pension Laws

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has accused the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) of hypocrisy, citing what it describes as selective enforcement of pension laws against the private sector while allegedly overlooking government defaults.

The concerns follow NPRA’s prosecution of 11 employers and the recovery of more than GH¢27 million in unpaid pension contributions in 2025.

Speaking to Citi News on Friday, April 10, GNAT General Secretary Thomas Musah commended the Authority’s enforcement efforts but criticised what he described as its failure to pursue pension arrears owed by successive governments to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT).

“When you talk about those who owe SSNIT, the biggest of them all is the government. As we speak, if you check the government’s indebtedness to SSNIT, it’s over GH¢50 billion, and NPRA is quiet

Our point is that if you can use a certain strategy, a certain vehicle, a certain speed to go after private employers who owe about GH¢27 million, you must use the same speed, the same strategy, and the same vehicle, including press conferences, to tell us what government also owes,” he said.

On April 9, the NPRA disclosed that it had prosecuted 11 employers in 2025 and recovered more than GH¢27 million in unpaid pension contributions as part of efforts to enforce compliance with pension regulations.

Deputy CEO Victor Azumah Mejida explained that the enforcement action followed a nationwide exercise in which compliance officers were deployed to scrutinise company records and identify defaulters.

According to him, the recovered amount represents about 30% of an estimated GH¢91 million owed by non-compliant employers.