The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has decided to host a public outreach at its head office in Georgetown next Friday.
The decision, according to NIS’ Assistant Public Relations Officer Takesha Whyte, was taken following the response to the government outreach on Wednesday at Square of the Revolution.
A Department of Public Information (DPI) report quoted Whyte as saying that since the response during the government outreach was so overwhelming, “we have decided to host an open day on the fifth in our compound from 09:30hrs and where we will continue to deal with persons having issues with NIS.”
Whyte described Wednesday’s outreach as successful for the NIS since it was able to assist various persons with several issues. She said that most persons were able to check their contributions and follow up on their eligibility for pensions.
“There were some persons that had queries who would have applied for their pensions, but they did not receive it on time, so we were able to advise them on what were the delays in the processing of the pension,” she added.
DPI noted that several other agencies like the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) opted to have separate open days to assist persons who were unable to receive their services during Wednesday’s exercise. CH&PA hosted a continuation of the exercise on Thursday at the Square of the Revolution.
The report said the “Bringing the Government to the People” initiative received tremendous positive feedback from citizens, and saw thousands of Guyanese having their matters of concerns addressed by government ministers and heads of the various departments and agencies.
