The Nigeria Social insurance Trust Fund on Thursday said that the Fund had so far expended over N1 billion to cater for victims of occupational accidents in the country.
Nwagha, who represented the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the NSITF at the function, said over N1 billion was spent in the past five years to treat workers who sustained injuries while performing their duties and to compensate others who were incapacitated. The current management of the fund, he said, has made it a point of duty to ensure that any worker who gets injured while performing his or her duties is taken care of, admonishing that accidents should be prevented from happening.
“When it comes to providing for those who got injured in the course of work, we have in last few months provided about persons who had their limbs chopped off with prostheses. We have also been paying claims and compensations to those who either got injured in their work place or when they were coming to work and they cannot get back to their optimal level.Nwagha listed sectors where risk of occupational hazard had been high to include; workers in the construction and manufacturing outfits.
Madallah Da Zuwan Ramadan Mubarak Allah Yasa Mudace Alh Muhd Inuwa Yahaya governor Gombe Steta