NSITF M/D calls for social protection of deprived Nigerians

The  Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Ismail Agaka, has called on  the relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the social protection sector to  develop programmes that suit the purpose of the socially deprived Nigerians. Agaka noted that there are many forms of social protection initiatives and programmes spread across […]

The  Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Ismail Agaka, has called on  the relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the social protection sector to  develop programmes that suit the purpose of the socially deprived Nigerians.
Agaka noted that there are many forms of social protection initiatives and programmes spread across more than 10 government agencies and that it is the responsibility of relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to factors in issues such as the displaced people in their operations.
He further called for synergy of the various activities of the  MDAs  to ensuring  that the targeted  people  feel the impacts of such programmes and initiatives.
 The NSITF helmsman stated this while donating relief materials to the Karmajiji IDP camp in a suburb of Abuja.
While acknowledging that the government must be assisted by all the segments of the society in the midst of dwindling resources accruing to the country, he stressed that the donation is a part of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS) of the NSITF and not an obligation towards the IDPS, saying the mandate of the Employees Compensation Scheme (ECS) does not cover the informal sector under which most of the IDPs fall.
He said: “At the moment and the way the law that establishes Employees Compensation Scheme (ECS) is structured, the NSITF cannot provide any social protection to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) because an employee has to come under the cover of an employer, but we do have a corporate social responsibility as an agency.”
He also  called for the creation of a Special Fund to provide succour to the Internally Displaced Persons.