Finally, Ngige Prevails, Inaugurates New NSITF Board - THISDAYLIVE

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Omololu Ogunmade and Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja

According to him, the output of the investigation was a useful guide for the composition of a new and promising board with the capacity to efficiently discharge its functions. But Ngige rejected the appointment, saying it was not in compliance with Section 4 of the NSITF Act, which he said prohibited the appointment of any person with interest in labour matters to chair the board.

However, at the inauguration yesterday, Ngige recalled the degree of various corrupt practices perpetrated by the immediate past members of the board of the agency led by Mrs. Ngozi Olojeme, in alleged connivance with the management of the agency, which he said resulted in the looting of a whole lot of N48 billion out of the total N62 billion contributions made to the agency between 2012 and 2015.

He also told the new board members that investment of NSITF must be “streamlined and compartmentalised in line with due process.” But contrary to expectation that the inauguration of Austin Enejamo-Isire, a chartered accountant and banker, would lay to rest the prolonged battle of wits between Ngige and NLC, it only aggravated it as labour yesterday embarked on protests nationwide to press for the inauguration of Kokori.

Speaking while addressing the workers, NLC President, Wabba, said the protest was not against the NSITF board but the attack on workers by thugs suspected to have been hired by the minister.

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