SSS intensifies membership coverage in Sulu

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• Monday, May 16, 2016

(SSS)

Social Security System (SSS) Jolo Branch recently conducted a series of orientation and information seminars to different sectors of the community in an effort to intensify its SSS coverage in the Sulu province.

During the 12th Annual General Assembly of the Sulu Provincial Employees Multi-Purpose Cooperative (SPEMC), SSS Jolo Accounts Management Section Junior Analyst Joel A. Tammang promoted the various benefits and programs offered by the SSS to around 300 participants present at the Capitol Multi-Purpose Gymnasium in Patikul, Sulu on April 25.

“The SSS, through our Jolo Branch, is expecting an increase in SSS membership since job order and contractual workers from the Sulu Provincial Office will soon be enrolled under the KaltaSSS-Collect Program, formerly called the E-AlkanSSSya Program, through the initiative of SPEMC Chairperson Hja. Nur Anida M. Dammang,” Tammang shared.

The SSS also held back-to-back information drives in Jolo, Sulu starting with fish vendors and entrepreneurs at the Serantes Fish Market on April 18. Tammang encouraged the informal sector workers to register as self-employed individuals for their social protection and invited them to form a group and enroll with the AlkanSSSya Program to give them a convenient and affordable means of saving for their monthly SSS contributions.

The day after, Tammang facilitated two separate orientations to inform members on various SSS matters at the Center for Agriculture and Rural Development, Inc. along Port Area St. at the Walled City in Jolo, Sulu. The SSS also initiated the coverage of job order and contractual workers of the Rural Health Unit - Jolo under the Department of Health – Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao on April 13.

“With the painstaking effort of the branch to cover potential SSS members at all bases, the SSS is not only expecting increase in the number of registered members but also anticipates solid growth with its future collections,” Tammang said.

SSS Jolo Branch serves 19 municipalities and supervises SSS Tawi-Tawi Service Office which covers an additional 11 municipalities.