NSITF reaffirms commitment to workers’ welfare, compensates injured employee
By Ukpono Ukpong
The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) has reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to the welfare of Nigerian workers through sustained and timely compensation under its Employees Compensation Scheme.
Managing Director of the Fund, Barrister Oluwaseun Faleye, made this known during the presentation of a N31 million medical refund cheque to an injured employee of Nestle Plc.
According to Faleye, the compensation reflects the Fund’s resolve to ensure that all employees who suffer injuries, disabilities, or death in the course of duty are not left without support.
He said that the continuous and prompt payment of claims to beneficiaries of the Employees Compensation Scheme is a demonstration of the Fund’s commitment to improved workers’ welfare in the country.
The NSITF boss explained that the Nestle staff was involved in a road accident along with other colleagues, all of whom had earlier been compensated. However, due to the severity of injuries sustained by this particular staff, a thorough review led to the latest payment.
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Faleye praised Nestle Plc for its proactive stance on employee welfare and urged other employers to remain compliant with the Employees Compensation Act 2010, which makes such compensation mandatory.
He also disclosed that the family of a deceased worker involved in the same accident had not only received a lump sum payment but had also begun receiving monthly compensation from the Fund in line with its mandate.
He seized the occasion to draw parallels between other insurance policies and the Employees Compensation Scheme of the NSITF, saying the scheme is mandatory by the Employees Compensation Act 2010.
He said that besides compensation for work related deaths, diseases, disabilities and injuries, the fund provides support and rehabilitation
Faleye presented the cheque at Nestle headquarters in Lagos, where he was accompanied by the President and General Secretary of NUBIFE, Comrades Anthony Akpaba and Mohammed Sheik, representative of NECA, Mrs. Ajala, and the Executive Director Operation of NSITF, Mrs. Mojisoluwa Ali-Macauley.
In the same vein, the widow of a deceased staff of MEDPLUS was, last week, presented with a cheque of one million , one hundred and ninety two thousand, one hundred and forty five Naira and twenty five kobo (1,192,145:25) by the Managing Director at the company’s head office in Lagos. The amount represents the first monthly support after an initial lump sum of 15 million Naira.
The MD NSITF explained that the monthly instalments would continue until the last child of the deceased turned 21 years old.
Meanwhile, the NSITF team had earlier visited the head office of Mobil Producing (Seplat Energy) where they presented a cheque of one million, one hundred and seven thousand, six hundred and sixty Naira, and thirty kobo, (1,107,660:30) monthly compensation to the family of a staff of the company who died in the course of duty.
These payments will also continue until the youngest of four children attains the age of 21 or graduates from the university.
