Eligibility:

This benefit is payable to the survivor(s)/dependant(s) relative(s) of a deceased member. The dependant relatives qualify for this benefit in the following order:

• The husband/wife of the deceased member

• All children irrespective of age or gender (if the husband/wife of the deceased member is also deceased, or if the deceased member was a single parent). Children who are minors will be paid through bank accounts or confirmed guardians.

• The parents of the deceased (if the deceased member was not married and had no children)

• Sisters/brothers of the deceased (if the deceased was single, had no children, and both parents are deceased)

• The guardian to the children of the deceased member (where both the parents are deceased and all the deceased members’ children are minors)

• An applicant who has letters of administration (where all dependants are exhausted)
  
  

How to apply:

• Complete the Application for Survivor’s Benefit Form

• Get your local administration (i.e., the administration in your home district) to endorse form SF/BN/SB/002A of your application

• Submit the completed application form + the required documents (in person) to your nearest NSSF office
  
  

Required documents and/or information:

• Standard processing requirements

• Deceased members’ original membership card

• Photocopy of the deceased members National Identity Card (this must be clear, legible, and centred on A4 paper)

• Original death certificate of the member and any beneficiary who is deceased. This must contain: Gender, Age, Date of death, Date of registration of death, Date of Issuance, Serial number, Registration number, Full names tallying with the statement of accounts

• Certified copy of the marriage certificate or other evidence of marriage in case the deceased was married