Time for in-depth NIB audit

THE EDITOR: As a concerned citizen I am calling for an in-depth audit of the National Insurance Board (NIB).

Recently I was asked to provide the contribution records of three of my former employees who had attained pension age.

I provided TD4 slips, copies of the cheques used to pay the monthly contributions and also copies of actual NIB receipts.

These last two they stated were not what they wanted. The NIB wanted copies of our form 184 (actual contribution forms which list the contributions for all employees).

The reason I submitted the cheques and receipts is because I felt this would lead them to their original forms. Believe it or not, I have been accused by them of being difficult.

So, what has happened to the NIB records? Why do they not have those details on their computer?

This has been going on for too long and something has to be done about it.

My in-laws had a manufacturing business and from as far back as the 1970s I used to help them stick stamps on the contribution cards, but when it came time for my wife to get her pension, they could not find her records. She had to settle for a partial pension.

It's time for this to be corrected.

RICHARD DEANE

Diego Martin