Mr Ngige had suspended the NSITF MD, others despite a directive by the SGF.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has maintained he acted within presidential directives on the suspension of top management and executive committee members of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund .
on nonexistent staff training split into about 196 different consultancy contracts in order to evade the Ministerial Tenders Board and Federal Executive Council approvals.restrained cabinet ministers from removing heads of agencies and parastatals they supervise.
“Upon the suspension, a Presidential Joint Board Committee, comprising members from the office of Head of Service , Auditor General of the Federation , Accountant General of the Federation and Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, with Chairman NSITF Board Audit Committee as Chair, was inaugurated to look into the breaches and issues of serious misconduct involving those officials,” he said.
Mr Ngige said the NSITF also failed to submit its annual audited accounts to the minister to assist in preparing annual reports to Mr President. “The Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment complied and submitted the copy of the report and alleged gross misconduct again by a letter dated 23 June 2020,” the statement added.
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