NSITF Seeks Amendment Towards Its mandate

The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, is seeking an amendment to the existing Act establishing the Fund in order to reposition it to fully carry out its statutory mandate in the area of social security system for the entire people of Nigeria as done in other countries.

This, the Fund said, was in line with the recognition of social security as a basic human rights as enshrined in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Social Security Convention Recommendation of which Nigeria is signatory to.

To this end, a draft proposal that would give legal impetus to the Act is to be submitted to the National Assembly for consideration.

According to the Fund, the Act No 73 of 1993 establishing NSITF is deficient in many ways owing partly to the Pension Reform Act of 2004 and also the fact that the Act establishing it only takes care of a segment of the Nigerian population as against the global practice of providing social security for the entire citizenry.

In proposing this new bill, the Fund took into consideration how it is done successfully in countries like South Africa, India, United Kingdom and the United States of America where everyone as a member of the society has the right to social security in the event of death, unemployment, widowhood, sickness and disability.

It said the proposed bill is with the need to give relevance to the mandate of the NSITF which said that it shall provide social security insurance services to Nigerians unlike what is currently been done through the Pension Reforms Act applicable only to the working class.

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xtonuns: Pls does any1 know d exact role of nurses,doctors and pharmacists enplyed in the body..thank u

we've the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) unit in NSITF, so I guess Doctors, nurses & pharmacists will fit well especially when acertaining injuries or damages due to occupational hazards.

fabulous01: Hw far colig? Any1 again got d AP

I got mine since last week and 've since submitted my acceptance and photocopy of the AP.

Gud-day house........ I called someone 2day @ d headoffice but he informed me dat nothing yet about the 2nd list nd no decission taken yet Pls anyone with similar story/news

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It's sad nd unfortunate d way some ppl r misleading others in dis forum.... Lemme start by stating it categorically dat thr is a second list to come out soon cos d list is @ d MD office nd if u hv good contact @ NSITF u can even hv a glance @ ur name bt 4 someone to tell u dat no second list is jst a story cos I was thr too nd i can confirm it. Bt for d 3rd list I don't knw...I can confirm to u dat d list is @ d MD's office nd many names wr on it..... But time will tell soon. I rest my case.

Hello Forum... Dis is d 1st time I'm making a post here bt I'm a regular visitor nd hv read ol d posts. I'll lyk to commend ol of u for d good job u hv been doing. It's true dat letters r out because someone told me he saw my name on d list. Bt he said NSITF will definitely contact us for our letters but some with connections have already started collecting their letter because dey don't want to follow due-process. Nd he says many of us dat attended d chat r on d list so I don't think u shld be disturbed by d development. I belv we'll be contacted soon by NSITF bt if u hv anyone @ NSITF he can peep on d list for you... Wish u ol d best.