Stories by Christian Appolos, Abuja
Vice Chancellor, Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State, Professor Emmanuel Adigio, has said the university’s tender’s board would henceforth list the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) compliance certificate as a mandatory requirement for contract bidding.
The VC said this while addressing a team from the NSITF who came on a sensitisation and advocacy visit to the university.
A statement by the General Manager, Corporate Affairs, NSITF, Nwachukwu Godson, said Professor Adigio applauded the new management team of the NSITF for its visible commitment towards the actualisation of employee compensation goals.
He said, “I am glad and impressed that you took the pains, time and risk to come this far to enlighten us. Your resolve, detailed presentation of the vast benefits of the scheme, how to access them and your account of traceable beneficiaries of the scheme around us have shown the seriousness of your organisation.”
Professor Adigio extolled the management of the NSITF for its sensitivity to the needs of the nation’s workforce and promised to study the scheme along with his team, with a view to enrolling the staff of the university as soon as possible.
Managing Director, NSITF, Maureen Allagoa, who was represented by Warri Branch Manager, Erhire Ọghifo, said the NSITF has “successfully keyed into the ‘Renewed Hope’ agenda of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
He said the NSITF, as the key social security agency of the Federal Government, has enormous roles in lifting the lots of workers of Nigeria.
“We offer free occupational safety training to workers to eliminate hazards and promote productivity. We also meet the workers at their critical point of need – eventuality of accidents or even death in the course of work. We rehabilitate, we pay benefits and assist a worker get up on his feet again. And where the inevitable comes, we assist dependants, the bereaved family live beyond tears,” he said.
Oghifo noted that increased productivity and industrial harmony were part of the benefits of the scheme.
He also listed a number of claims available to beneficiaries in Warri and the environs, explaining that the advantages of the Employee Compensation Scheme over the repealed Workman Compensation Act (WCA) is in the uniqueness of the ECS as a “no fault scheme.”
“The fund is determined to live down its past and pull along the nation’s workforce at a time no effort should be spared towards a fulfilling world of work,” he said.
Meanwhile, in line with the agreement reached with NSITF domestic unions at the conciliation convened on July 10 by the former Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Daju Kachollom, the 2023 management promotion examination exercise will take place from October 3 to 6.
“Similarly, in fulfilment of the agreement reached with the domestic units of the Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI) and the National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institution Employees (NUBFIE), the 2023 management promotion examination exercise will take place from October 3 to 6,” the statement added.
Allagoa said merit-based career progression was important for boosting the morale of the workforce towards optimal productivity.
She assured of the determination of the management to re-engineer the operations of the NSITF to adequately play its role as the nation’s number one social security vehicle.
She also noted that despite challenges, she was leaving no stone unturned in taking every measure necessary to achieve an efficient and resilient workforce.
The agency said a computer-based promotion examination for the non-management cadre had successfully taken place on July 28 across the 12 regions of the NSITF.
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