Put Safety Lessons into Action- NSITF MD Tells Workshop Attendees

By Chinedu Echianu

Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, (NSITF), Barrister Olúwaṣeun Faleye, has urged participants at the ongoing workshop on Enhanced Occupational Safety and Health, to ensure they apply the knowledge gained from the workshop to promote workers’ safety and health in their various organizations.

The MD who gave this call in his keynote address at the on-going workshop for employers in the South East Geo-Political zone of the country said, “I urge every participant to engage deeply,
share openly and apply the insights gained with passion and purpose. The true measure of this program’s success will not be in what is taught alone but in how it transforms your workplaces, protects your teams and ultimately saves lives.”

The NSITF Managing Director, who was represented by the Fund’s General Manager/Head, Health Safety and Environment (HSE), Tony Eke, described the training as pivotal and at the core of the Fund’s mandate.

He described the training program on Enhanced Occupational Safety and Health as an initiative that speaks to the very heart of NSITF’s commitment to protect, preserve and promote the dignity and well-being of every Nigerian worker.

Falye promised that the Fund would not leave any stakeholders behind in its quest to upscale the workplace and up skill both employers and employees for better safety and health

The ongoing workshop for employers in the South East Geo-Political zone of the country, which held in Enugu, is organised by NSITF for selected employers enrolled in the Fund’s Employees’ Compensation Scheme (ECS).

The Objective of the training is inculcating best practices in enhanced occupational safety and health in the workplace with the larger aim of prevention of occupational hazards and deaths.

The workshop is the second in a series holding across the regional demarcations of the Fund.