NSITF Will Help Tinubu Achieve Agenda on Social Investment, Agric, Says CEO

Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja

The Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Maureen Allagoa, has said the agency is determined to contribute towards the actualisation of the President Bola Tinubu’s eight-point agenda on health, education, social investment and agriculture.
She said that as a leading social security institution in Africa with over 60 years’ experience in the social security sector, NSITF has a huge role and responsibility in realising the key priority areas of the present administration.

A statement by the NSITF General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Nwachukwu Godson quoted the MD as having made the pledge in Abuja at a workshop on  the Role of the Fund actualising the government’s eight priority areas.

Allagoa said the NSITF has already launched an initiative that would improve the lives of Nigerians through an enhanced human and capital development .  
She said: “The NSITF as the leading social security institution in Africa with over 60 years’ experience in the social security sector has a huge role and responsibility in the actualisation of these key priority areas, particularly the key priority area No. 6 that speaks to Social investments to improve the lives of Nigerians and enhance human and capital development.

“We have commenced a strategic drive into the informal sector of the economy with a view to providing social security services for the employees through our close collaboration with Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) using their various associations and bodies.
“This strategy extends even to associations and umbrella bodies of small and medium scale enterprises in the agricultural sector with a view to improving productivity and boosting food production which will invariably enhance food security.

“This aligns with the key priority area , which speaks to boosting agriculture and achieving food security.”
Allagoa further said that the NSITF with 57 branches and 12 regional offices across the nation, and over 5,000 staff strength of  diverse  academic backgrounds.
According to her, the organisation has a  strong institutional memory and database  to provide leadership in data generation, storage and sharing same with relevant agencies towards success in the eight key priority areas of the Tinubu administration.

In his remarks, the NSITF’s Executive Director of Administration, Prof. Gabriel Okenwa emphasised the crucial importance of policy coordination for the success of any organisation.

He said: “Policy coordination is vital for the success of any organisation. It ensures that our activities are aligned with the overarching vision, maximising our impact and effectiveness.”