INSS expels 14 over pension fraud schemes – Mozambique

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INSS expels 14 over pension fraud schemes – Mozambique

2:40 CAT | 19 Jul 2018

File photo: Lusa

Fourteen employees of the National Institute of Social Security of Mozambique (INSS) were expelled in 2017 for involvement in pension fraud schemes, Mozambican Labour, Employment and Social Security Minister Vitória has said.

Quoted in today’s Notícias, the minister added that, besides the 14 expelled, six INSS employees were fired and 15 demoted. Two were publicly reprimanded and two others received a warning for involvement in pension irregularities.

In total, 82 lawsuits were filed in 2017 due to irregularities related to pensions in the INSS.

Minister Diogo said that the detection of fraud in the INSS had been rendered more effective by the computerisation of the country’s entire social security system.

“The reforms we introduced in the system made management more rigorous and transparent and resulted in improved tracking of irregularities and fraud,” she said.

The modernisation of the INSS has reduce waiting times for pensions, which now stands at between 15 to 30 days, in contrast with the two years pensioners stood to wait for payments to begin.

The computerisation of the social security system has saved the INSS more than 716 million meticais in administrative expenses.

Source: Lusa