Housewives encouraged to contribute to Socso’s ‘Housewife Social Safety Scheme’

Nancy showing a pamphlet containing the benefits of Socso’s Housewife Social Safety Scheme (SKSSR) during the press conference. – Photo by Muhammad Rais Sanusi

KUCHING (Feb 1): Housewives are encouraged to make contributions to the newly launched Social Security Organisation (Socso) ‘Housewife Social Safety Scheme (SKSSR)’.

Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri hopes that they can make their contributions either with assistance from their husband or through their small business.

“I just want to highlight here today on the importance of contributing to Socso and to also spread awareness of the benefits of being a Socso contributor, especially for housewives,” said Nancy to the press after symbolically handing over Socso pension payment to a widower at Kampung Bintawa Hilir, Petra Jaya yesterday.

At a press conference after the handing-over, Nancy lauded the proactive actions taken by Socso in seeking out the family of a deceased to claim their entitled Socso pension payments.

Socso Sarawak director Tan Phang Chia, who was present, said they had set up a special taskforce to monitor social media pages on news related to accidents before checking the eligibility of families of those who perished in accidents to claim for the pension payments.

“We have a special squad to carry out this task of monitoring any accident reported on social media and to contact the family of the victim, if needed. What I want to say is that we are proactive in looking out for the interest of the victims and not just wait for people or company to report to us first,” said Tan.

Tan said about 40,000 housewives in the state are contributing to Socso currently and he also encouraged non-governmental organisations to come forward to assist in paying the contributions for the housewives.

Earlier yesterday, Nancy symbolically presented Socso pension payment to a widower Mohd Mumin Ardie, at Kampung Bintawa Hilir, Petra Jaya.

The deceased, Arwah Nur Athirah Jafar, passed away at the age of 22 on Dec 26 last year after collapsing at her workplace.

Arwah Nur Athirah had just celebrated the birthday of her one-year-old son a day earlier before passing away the next day.

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