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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
The absorption of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, has promised to fast-track payments of claims and benefits owed to the injured, arsenic good arsenic families and dependents of victims of the Afriland Towers occurrence disaster.
The assurance was fixed erstwhile the NSITF squad paid a condolence sojourn to the absorption of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, astatine its Ikoyi, Lagos bureau and that of United Capital PLC and dependants of the deceased victims.
The Fund’s absorption team, led by the General Manager of Compliance, Mr. Abdullateef Musa, stood successful for the Managing Director and Chief Executive, Barrister. Olúwaṣeun Faleye, expressed profound condolences to FIRS and the families of the victims.
Musa said, “The NSITF was established to supply societal information sum to employees. We basal with you and the affected families astatine this hard times, and we guarantee you that successful enactment with our mandate, each benefits owed to the dependants of the deceased workers volition beryllium promptly and duly processed.”
He further stated that the Fund recognised “the extent of this loss, not lone to your organisation, but to the bereaved families, colleagues, and the wider assemblage of workers.”
He prayed for the repose of the souls of the departed and spot for the families, friends and colleagues to proceed to carnivore the loss.
Acknowledging the permanency of the nonaccomplishment of lives, the GM affirmed the Fund’s resoluteness to “support and basal by the families near behind.”
Responding, Mr. Innocent Ugwuoke, an Assistant Director with FIRS, thanked NSITF’s absorption for identifying with the Service and the families of the victims.
He further commended the punctual effect of the Fund and the Employees’ Compensation Scheme, ECS, which ensured that enrolled workers and their dependents are not near precocious and adust successful times of emergencies.
Mr. Ugwuoke seized the juncture to advocator for further sensitization to acquaint employers and employees of the benefits of enrolling successful the Scheme.
The Afriland Towers Fire incidental of 16th September, 2025, claimed 10 lives speech from respective injuries. Four of the dormant were employees of the FIRS, portion six worked with United Capital PLC.
At the gathering with the absorption of United Capital PLC and dependents of the deceased employees of the company, the company’s Director of Human Resources, Oluseye Komolafe, lauded the Scheme’s packages and the Fund for their ratio and effectual prime work delivery.
Other absorption unit of the NSITF successful the squad were Mr. Tony Eke, General Manager Health, Safety and Environment (HSE), and Mrs. Nkiru Ede-Ogunnaike, General Manager Claims.
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