FG orders verification of NSITF workers’ NYSC certificates

Yesterday, the federal government gave the newly appointed management board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) instructions to start screening the National Youth Service Corps certificates being displayed by all fund employees and determining their legitimacy right away.
During the board’s inauguration at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, stated that the decision had become necessary to repair the commission’s damaged reputation due to the immediate Managing Director of the fund.

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Remember that the police invited the former NSITF boss, Micheal Akabogu, with the discharge certificate number: A030544, after receiving a criminal complaint against him. Akabogu is accused of forging his NYSC Discharge Certificate.
The NYSC denied Akabogu’s discharged certificate in a letter of response to the police with reference number: NYSC/CCD/VER/10/S.1/VOL/07.
President Muhammadu Buhari fired Akabogu as a result of the development.
Speaking about the situation during the inauguration, Ngige said that the fund and the entire ministry of labor and employment could not afford to receive negative press once more due to the situations that could have been avoided, particularly among workers.
“To maintain, safeguard, and advance a very viable and flourishing organization, I have four major tasks before the new Management Board of the NSITF.
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“To screen and vet the academic and NYSC Certificates of National Service (CNS) of ALL staff in the Fund. To ensure the full implementation of the NSITF Restructuring Report.
“To ensure the swift completion of E-NSITF Phase I and Phase II to enable maximum collection of Contributions from the Public and Private Sectors and inch into the Informal sector of the Economy.”

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In response to the accusation, the board chairman, Emmanuel Nwosu, stated that he and his team would stop at nothing to remove anyone from the system who had fake academic credentials in order to improve the fund’s reputation.
The fund’s new managing director, Mrs. Maureen Allagoa, promised to take all reasonable measures to ensure accountability in the fund, which has reportedly been lacking in the past.