Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige has faulted the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, on the constitution and inauguration of the board members of federal agencies and parastatal under his ministry.

The APC chairman, in a letter, had given the labour minister one week within which to constitute the board of the parastatals and agencies under his ministry. The parastatals and agencies are the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), National Directorate of Employment (NDE), National Productivity Centre (NPC), and Michael Imoudu Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS).

But, Ngige, in his reply, explained why he would not constitute the Board of NSITF within the one week ultimatum given by Oshiuomhole. He expressed disbelief that such a letter could emanate from the APC chairman. He said: “Our National Chairman, I am in receipt of a letter referenced APC/NHDQ/ GEN-S/28/018/003 dated July 11, 2018, which was sent from your office and received by me on July 12, 2018. Ordinarily, I would not believe the letter was from you except for the barrage of media statements that came before I saw the letter. I read the contents of this letter with both amazement and utter disbelief.”

The minister said he had reconstituted three boards out of the four agencies and parastatals under his ministry, but has not been able to constitute the board of NSITF because of cases of financial malfeasance, which have put the agency under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

“Three agencies have been reconstituted and members were inaugurated on March 8, 2018, in conformity with a presidential directive. All the three boards are currently operational. The only agency left out was the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), which, before the directive, had been enmeshed in major issues of corruption, involving about N48 billion, comprising Federal Government and employers’ contributions to the Employees’ Compensation Fund, plus some non-remitted PAYE taxes, which were carted away through well perfected sleaze operation. This resulted in the agency coming under the EFCC’s investigation/prosecution of members of the former board and some of her serving officials.

“An Administrative and Financial Panel of Enquiry was instituted with a presidential approval as a follow – up to the criminal investigations. This was followed by a House of Representatives Committee on Labour and Employment probe in March 2018, which is still ongoing.

“Comrade National Chairman, you are aware of this situation and you had broached this issue with me during your campaign period, when I visited your campaign office. Due to the fact that a lot of the information available to me as a minister are classified, I had told you that I will brief you later and, at our last meeting, during a function on Saturday, July 7, 2018, I had sought for an appointment for the next day, so I could brief you on the situation.

“I’m not oblivious of the fact that you are a very interested party in the matter because having served as chairman of the NSITF board before the last board, and as a former Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) president, you would be interested in the tripartite colouration of the board being maintained. More so, as labour still remains your base constituency. Mr. Chairman, a lot of the classified information from the EFCC, the Auditor-General of the Federation’s “spot check” report for an organisation with an account that has not been audited for five years – 2013 – 2017, are not within your purview. In view of all these damaging reports, I had a presidential permission not to inaugurate this particular board at the time we did the others.” http://mognews.com/2018/07/23/ngige-to-oshiomhole-you-got-your-facts-wrong-on-nsitf/

What really is the difference between NSITF, PENSION CONTRIBUTION..

It just seems like a conduit pipe...

Just an explanation on the things not known.

I would prefer to think that the article is untrue. But if it is true, then has APC chairman become the president? Why should he be giving orders/ ultimatum on issues bothering around FG agency?

I'll keep saying this, Oshi, Omo ole. Is more dangerous than pmb.

Ordinary party chairman giving orders to a sitting minister of the federation. Hm!

Esseite:
What really is the difference between NSITF and PENSION CONTRIBUTION?

Pension takes care of you after retirement while the ECS which is under the purview of NSITF, takes care of you while in active duty against any occupational hazard.

Esseite:
What really is the difference between NSITF and PENSION CONTRIBUTION?

One is run by govt and the other is run by privates but NSITF is always almost 100 percent looted

SamuelAnyawu:



NSITF-----Insurance incase of injury or death 1% of your gross monthly pay

Pension remittance for future flexing

Be like say you dey work there

Lomprico2:
I'll keep saying this, Oshi, Omo ole. Is more dangerous than pmb.

Ordinary party chairman giving orders to a sitting minister of the federation. Hm!

can you imagine bro? Oshiomole??Well I can't blame him....He's their new God father.

FarahAideed:


One is run by govt and the other is run by privates but NSITF is always almost 100 percent looted

I understand the pension atleast keep up to par, but i have not heard of entitlements or payments made to private employees from NSITF despite years of contribution.

Esseite:
What really is the difference between NSITF and PENSION CONTRIBUTION?

They're both funds of different purposes. One is for training and other for insurance.

I wish NSITF and Health Insurance were merged, they are all conduit pipe for malfeasance.

Ibegtodiffer:
I would prefer to think that the article is untrue. But if it is true, then has APC chairman become the president? Why should he be giving orders/ ultimatum on issues bothering around FG agency?

If there is someone acting for buhari we wount be were we're today.

At least we should have make some progress here and there.

Dr. Ngige, you wouldn't want to know that the so called Comrade has in wait another person to put up for that your ministerial portfolio.... APC from top to bottom is filled with betrayers, the game is on who betrays who first.

Ibegtodiffer:
I would prefer to think that the article is untrue. But if it is true, then has APC chairman become the president? Why should he be giving orders/ ultimatum on issues bothering around FG agency?

Oshiomole is an overbearing modafoka.

ngige ntor

Ibegtodiffer:
I would prefer to think that the article is untrue. But if it is true, then has APC chairman become the president? Why should he be giving orders/ ultimatum on issues bothering around FG agency?

Banana Republic

izuch:


Be like say you dey work there

Lol nope i dey Finance Dept with an NGO so we dey prepare all this deductions on payroll

Ibegtodiffer:
I would prefer to think that the article is untrue. But if it is true, then has APC chairman become the president? Why should he be giving orders/ ultimatum on issues bothering around FG agency?

I was expecting Ngige to tell him that he has no power to issue such directive, now I see why Ngige has never won any election

SamuelAnyawu:



Lol nope i dey Finance Dept with an NGO so we dey prepare all this deductions on payroll

Roger that

EXACTLY

D only Igbo man in buhari carbint

Today go sweet o.
MODs giving us correct front-page materials.

FarahAideed:


One is run by govt and the other is run by privates but NSITF is always almost 100 percent looted

Nonsense, get your facts right mehn

ok

Ibegtodiffer:
I would prefer to think that the article is untrue. But if it is true, then has APC chairman become the president? Why should he be giving orders/ ultimatum on issues bothering around FG agency?

My brother, I am beginning to think that his hands are sore in that agency. He was there and we were wondering his source of sudden wealth.
Hope they will not sweep this under carpet as usual of APC.

Oshiomole in Action. Na una business

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Oshiomhole over stepping his boundaries, what concerns a party national chairman and the constitution of a federal government agency.
Let him fix the challenges on ground in apc and leave others to fix theirs.

N242 billion Naira for 2019 elections. Our population is approximately 200 million. Please, we don't want election in 2019. Just share the money. N1 million to each person through our accounts and BVN and continue with your second term.
Just thinking aloud ni ooo. Who is with me ? ���