NSITF Urges Staff to Improve Service Delivery, Public Trust
By Chinedu Echianu The Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Oluwaseun Faleye, has urged staff to improve service delivery and strengthen public trust through consistent professionalism and customer care. Faleye gave the charge on Tuesday in Abuja, while flagging off the 2026 Customer Service Week celebration at the Fund’s headquarters. He […]
Workers Threaten October Strike Over Petrol Price, Wage Award
By Mardiyyah Abubakar Public servants under the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) have threatened a three-day warning strike from October 2 over petrol prices, wage awards and negotiations for a new national minimum wage. The council gave the Federal Government until September 30 to address the demands, warning that failure to act would […]
NSITF Covers 7.8m Workers, Cuts Claims Processing to 10 Days
By Chinedu Echianu The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) says it now covers more than 7.8 million workers under the Employees’ Compensation Scheme, while average claims processing time has dropped from 14 to 10 days. NSITF Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Oluwaseun Faleye, disclosed this on Thursday at the 2026 National Pre-Retirement Summit […]
New PENGASSAN President Vows to Tackle Contract Staffing
By Chinedu Echianu The newly elected President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Comrade Bosun Olabiyi-Agoro, has vowed to tackle contract staffing and casualisation in the oil and gas industry, describing the practice as an emerging menace threatening workers’ welfare, safety and job security. Olabiyi-Agoro made the pledge on […]
Illicit Financial Flows: NLC, ITUC-Africa Query N38trn Tax Waivers
By Chinedu Echianu The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) and their civil society allies have called for stronger action to tackle kleptocracy, illicit financial flows and corruption in Nigeria. The call followed a three-day stakeholder engagement on illicit financial flows, kleptocracy and inequality, which brought […]
NSITF Hits 85% of 2026 Contribution Target By Mid-Year
By Chinedu Echianu The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) says it has achieved about 85 per cent of its 2026 contribution target within the first half of the year, despite undergoing significant institutional changes. Managing Director, Oluwaseun Faleye, disclosed this while declaring open the NSITF 2026 Half-Year Management Performance Review, held simultaneously across six […]
NSITF Urges AI Adoption to Protect Workers
By Chinedu Echianu The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Oluwaseun Faleye, has called for a deliberate integration of digital transformation with social protection as businesses across Africa increasingly adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI) Faleye made the call on Monday at the official launch of the ESBC–InnoPower LLC […]
NEPC, Union Dismiss Strike Reports, Reaffirm Industrial Harmony
By Oluwakemi Kindness The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), NEPC Unit, in Monday dismissed reports of a planned strike by workers of the Council, describing the reports as false and misleading. The development followed a joint meeting between NEPC management and the leadership of the […]
PENGASSAN Pushes for State Police to Curb Insecurity
By Chinedu Echianu The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria has reaffirmed its support for the creation of state policing. It describes decentralised policing as essential to addressing the country’s growing insecurity. PENGASSAN President Festus Osifo spoke at the union’s National Executive Council meeting in Abuja, also highlighting unresolved labour issues and economic […]
Nigeria, Philippines Move to Strengthen Labour Cooperation
By Chinedu Echianu The Federal Government has expressed its readiness to deepen labour cooperation with the Republic of the Philippines in a bid to protect workers’ welfare and strengthen bilateral relations. A statement signed by the Head, Information and Public Relations at the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Patience Onuobia said the Minister, Muhammad Maigari […]