Senate Retirement Committee
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG Employees Retirement Fund officials voiced their support for a Senate bill, which seeks to increase the contribution by the government and employees to the government’s pension plan, saying that it’s long overdue.
“Payout is $23 million in just benefits alone [...

![Retirement Fund Office executive director, I’aulualo Fa’afetai Talia (left) and ASG Employees Retirement Fund board of trustees chairman, Vaanatiu Tofala Iafeta (right) posed for a Samoa News photo yesterday after a Senate Retirement Committee hearing. [photo: FS] Retirement Fund Office executive director, I’aulualo Fa’afetai Talia (left) and ASG Employees Retirement Fund board of trustees chairman, Vaanatiu Tofala Iafeta](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/asgerf_officials.jpg?itok=_iMjWdmK)