NSITF settles 24,880 claims, compensation in two years — Official
The Managing Director of the Fund, Adebayo Somefun, who disclosed this when a team from the Bureau of Public Procurement paid him a courtesy visit at the Corporate Headquarters of the Fund recently, explained that the topmost agenda of the Fund’s Executive Management team under his watch is to improve on the existing system.
He said the process involved providing prosthetic limbs for employees who lost a limb in accidents while at work and training such employees on the usage of artificial limbs.Mr Somefun further disclosed that 347 dependants and 448 physically challenged beneficiaries were in the monthly payroll of the fund as at February 2019.
He warned that NSITF was considering legal options to compel employers of labour to comply with the provisions of Employees Compensation Act .
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