{"id":62769,"date":"2025-03-14T14:44:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=62769"},"modified":"2025-03-14T14:44:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:44:49","slug":"nsitf-set-to-cover-informal-workers-in-compensation-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/14\/nsitf-set-to-cover-informal-workers-in-compensation-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"NSITF Set to Cover Informal Workers in Compensation Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) is set to extend its Employees\u2019 Compensation Scheme to workers in the informal sector, recognizing their crucial role in Nigeria\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>NSITF Managing Director, Oluwaseun Mayomi Faleye, disclosed this during a meeting with the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), emphasizing the need for broader coverage and increased awareness of workplace safety.<\/p>\n<p>Faleye assured that efforts are underway to simplify claim payments, enhance inspection activities, and streamline registration processes for easier access to benefits.<\/p>\n<p>He also highlighted the vital role of journalists in educating the public about NSITF\u2019s initiatives, proposing a partnership with NUJ for awareness campaigns and safety training.<\/p>\n<p>NUJ Chairperson, Comrade Grace Ike, commended NSITF\u2019s commitment to workers&#8217; welfare and pledged media support in promoting the Employees\u2019 Compensation Scheme.<\/p>\n<p>The collaboration aims to bridge the gap in social protection for informal workers, ensuring their inclusion in workplace safety nets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) is set to extend its Employees\u2019 Compensation Scheme to workers in the informal sector, recognizing their crucial role in Nigeria\u2019s economy. NSITF Managing Director, Oluwaseun Mayomi Faleye, disclosed this during a meeting with the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":62770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-62769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62771,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62769\/revisions\/62771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}