Federal Government approves Employee Compensation Scheme

The Federal Government has called on the National Assembly to quickly pass into law the newly approved Employees Compensation Scheme for the benefit of all Nigerian workers, employers and the Government. The call was made by the Honourable Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode SAN, after the Federal Executive Council unanimously approved the long-awaited Employees Compensation Bill on Wednesday. Read more

Inauguration of The National Working Committee on Social Security Policy for Nigeria Held at Abuja.

The President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’adua approved the setting up of a National Working Committee on Drafting of a National Social Security Policy for Nigeria. Read more

Seamless Social Security for Migrants in ECOWAS sub-region

Migrants in ECOWAS countries will soon be able to access social security and pension benefits with ease despite change of residence courtesy of ECOWAS Convention on free movement of people and goods within the sub-region. Read more

MHWUN identifies with NSITF on Social Security

The level of socio-economic deprivation in Nigeria and other countries in the West Africa Sub-region has given rise to the need for the actualization of the public mandate given the NSITF to provide adequate social protection as spelled out in the various ILO Conventions and the Pension Reform Act, 2004 to Nigerians. Read more

A National Social Security Framework is the most dependable safety net against poverty and crime – Labour Stakeholders

The imperativeness of a comprehensive National Social Security Framework has been emphatically confirmed as the most dependable safety net against poverty and crime in the country. Read more

NSITF partners SSNIT on Social Security training outfit in the sub-region

At a time when the East and Central Africa Social Security Association (ECASSA) is working to make it possible for professionals in East and Central African Countries to access Social Security and pension benefits with ease despite change of residence within the two regions, the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust (NSITF) and Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) Social Security agencies of Nigeria and Ghana, have agreed to work together to establish an International Social Security Training outfit in either Ghana or Nigeria for the benefit of the sub-region and the African continent at large.Read more

FG Appoints NSITF Boss into NEPAD Group

The Presidency has announced the appointment of Dr Enukora Joe Okoli, the  Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), into the Expanded African Peer Review Mechanism - National Working Group (APRM-NWG). Read more