THE National Insurance Scheme’s (NIS) Online Contribution Checking System, which was officially introduced on April 08, was successful, and according to Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, once the routines have been addressed, individuals will be able to access the system.The Online Contribution Checking System is an innovative option for contributors to conveniently access contribution updates via the World Wide Web (WWW).

During his post-Cabinet media briefing yesterday, Dr. Luncheon told media operatives that this initiative was taken in the context of the extended data entry and verification project, (June to December of 2014), that revealed a large number of unallocated contributions, for which the scheme had received the contributions, but because of difficulties with names and numbers, has been unable to credit individual contributors with the contributions.
“The response was at each office to identify those unallocated contributions, the employers and the likely employees’ contributors that fundamentally call for access to contribution records. It is in that context that Cabinet understood this move to online access being accelerated and brought into effect on April 8, during the demonstration at the recently commissioned multi-purpose centre,” Dr Luncheon explained.
He further noted that  once the routines have been addressed, each and every NIS contributor with access to online facilities, merely by using their NIS number and addressing some security safeguard, can indeed see online the entire history of his/her contributions to the NIS.
This, he said, has amplified opportunities, allowing for less physical attendance at local offices, a norm when there is a need to access contribution records.
Dr. Luncheon also spoke of the amendment which was passed in 2010, which allows for the scheme to provide the current year of contributions. Persons will be able to access their 2015 contributions by the end of the year..
The system is a web interface which connects to an offline version of the database used by the NIS. It was built on top of an existing and secure framework which powers thousands of sites on the web, including the United States Websites, and provides credentials and access to details regarding users’ contributions. (GINA)