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Repositioning of NSITF begins as management tours branches
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Photo caption: From Left: NSITF GM Claims, Nkiru Ogunnaike, DGM HSE, Ijeoma Okeke, GM Compliance, Arc. Kabir Maa’ji, GM Abuja Region, Bridget Ashang &Executive Director, Operations NSITF, Hon. Mrs. Ali-Macaulay, GM, Informal Sector, Chika Onyewuchi &GM Social Security, Tony Eke during the tour of Abuja Region of the Fund, Tuesday.
The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund(NSITF) has said its new management has hit the ground running to re-position the agency in line with the directive of President BolaTinubu.
The new Executive Director, Operations of the tripartite agency, Hon. Mrs. Mojisolaoluwa Ali-Macaulay stated this Tuesday while on a working visit to the FCT and Mararaba Branches in the Abuja Region of the Fund.
She said, “ this administration led by a deeply knowledgeable lawyer with excellent pedigree in corporate finance, Oluwaseun Falaye was painstakingly selected by the President to inject new blood into the NSITF, knowing the core place it occupies in promoting a healthy national workforce.
“The NSITF is an agency that has workplace safety as its primary obligation, and holds in trust, contributions from public and private employers. From these contributions, employees who suffer injuries, disability or disease in the course of work are compensated. Also their dependents are compensated when the employee dies in the course of work.
“ We have saddled ourselves with the onerous task of making sure that this is fully achieved by unleashing the potentials of the Fund in stakeholder advocacy to get more employers of labour in all sectors to enroll and then expand the percentage of the utilization of these funds for the intended worker-beneficiaries.
“ In spite of this core mandate however, the welfare of our workers who in the 57 branches and 12 regions across the country who brace the odds to ensure the Employees’ Compensation Scheme is implemented is dear to our hearts. And that is the essence of this working tours, aimed at arming us with firsthand knowledge of what the goings on are in our frontiers.
“I bring you good tidings from the Managing Director/CE and the Executive Management that henceforth, the welfare of the staff of the NSITF is placed at the frontline. Where the Managing Director/CE and my humble self have hitherto worked in Lagos, we touched lives and I know this assignment in Abuja will not be different. We shall leave the NSITF a far more better place.
“ For me particularly, I personally want to prove a point that those incorrect narratives do not define me. I’m moving forward for people to see who I am with this assignment. The weight is also lying on my shoulders.”
A statement signed by Nwachukwu Godson , General Manager Corporate Affairs and sent to Nationwide Reports, quotes Ali-Macauley to have said further that the leadership will tackle the provision of appropriate working tools to clear all obstacles to optimal delivery of assigned tasks, urging all staff to remain loyal and support the ongoing efforts to reposition the NSITF.
Hon. Mrs. Macaulay was accompanied on the visit by the General Manager Compliance, Arc. Kabir Ma’aji, General Manager, Claims and Compensation, Barr. Nkiru Ogunnaike General Manager, Social Security, Tony Eke, General Manger, Informal Sector, Chika Onyewuchi, and General Manger, Abuja Region, Bridget Ashang among others.
The Supreme Court of Nigeria will on Thursday, deliver judgments in two cases involving the leadership crises rocking the African Democratic Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party.
According to information on the official website of the court, the matters, listed under “Political Appeals”, have been added to the cause list for Thursday, April 30, 2026.
While judgment in the ADC matter, marked SC/CV/180/2026, has been fixed for 2 pm, there is no time yet for that if the PDP.
President Bola Tinubu has written the Senate, seeking the screening and subsequent confirmation of fifteen nominees to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
The letter was read by the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio.
The letter seeks the reconstitution of the commission’s board in line with statutory provisions with the list comprising nominees from diverse professional backgrounds, including the media and legal sectors.
Among the nominees are the President, Nigeria Guild of Editors and Editor, Vanguard Newspapers, Mr. Eze Anaba; and Dr. Salamatu Hussaina Suleiman, who has been proposed as chairman of the board.
The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Dr. Anthony Ojukwu (SAN) is to retain his position as the Chief Executive Officer.
Other nominees include Mrs Roseline Tasha, Ambassador Adam Yubak Baku, ACG Felix Lawrence, Mr. Edmund Chinonye, Mr. Chinonye Obiaku (SAN), Oluwakemi Asiwaju Okere-Odo, Professor Adedeji Ogunji, Kingsley Chidozie, Mohammed Adelodu, Maupe Ogun Yusuf, and Otunba Francis Meshioye as members.
Also nominated are Patience Patrick and Hawwa Ibrahim, listed as members.
The President said the nominations were made pursuant to Section 2(3) of the National Human Rights Commission (Establishment) Act, 2010, which empowers him to constitute the board subject to Senate confirmation.
He explained that the reconstitution of the board was necessary to enhance the commission’s institutional capacity and enable it to more effectively discharge its mandate to promote and protect human rights across the country.
If confirmed, the new board is expected to play a critical role in reinforcing the NHRC’s oversight functions, particularly at a time of heightened concerns over rights protection and accountability in Nigeria.
Following the presentation of the request, the Senate referred the nominations to its Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters for screening and report within two weeks.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has revealed that it investigated the founder of Streams of Joy International, Pastor Jerry Eze, for six months over suspected money laundering before clearing him.
Ola Olukoyede, chairman of the Commission, disclosed this on Wednesday while speaking at the Jerry Eze Foundation Business Grant Award Ceremony in Abuja.
According to him, the probe was triggered by intelligence reports and petitions after the commission observed large inflows of foreign currencies into the cleric’s domiciliary account.
“We work by intelligence, we work by petitions. At some point, I saw there was an account, a domiciliary account. Dollars, pounds were dropping in like raindrops, from Colombia, from America, from Sri Lanka, even from Togo.
“I said who is this man? Yes, I’ve been hearing about his name, I’ve seen his face a couple of times. I never bothered about what he was doing. I knew he was a pastor.
“So they said this one pastor of streams of joy, go and investigate him. So we went to the investigation. We combed the books,” Olukoyede stated.
The EFCC boss said he subsequently invited Eze for questioning after preliminary findings were compiled by investigators.
He added that upon meeting the cleric and reviewing the findings of the investigation, the commission found no wrongdoing.
“So he came to my office. He told me what happens and all of that, and how the money came, what he does, how he has been helping people, and all of that.
“I said, you know what, I didn’t call you here to explain to me. We have already done our work. I called you here to commend you,” he stated.
The remark drew applause from the audience, as Eze, who was present at the event, acknowledged the commendation.
He noted that the commission has a responsibility not only to investigate financial crimes but also to recognise individuals found to have acted with integrity.
The EFCC chairman, however, stated that the agency would continue to monitor financial activities where necessary, stressing that its preventive mandate remains critical in tackling corruption.
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