By Cross Udo, Abuja
Nigerian workers have been urged to promote safety and health in their various organisations.
Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, Olúwaṣeun Faleye, advised in Enugu, at the workshop on enhanced occupational safety and health for employers in the south-east.
He urged the participants to ensure they apply the knowledge gained from the workshop to promote workers’ safety and health in their workplaces.
“I urge every participant to engage deeply, share openly and apply the insights gained with passion and purpose. The true measure of this program’s success will not be in what is taught alone but in how it transforms your workplaces, protects your teams and ultimately saves lives,” he said.
The NSITF Managing Director, represented by the Fund’s General Manager/Head of Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE), Tony Eke, described the training as pivotal and at the core of the Fund’s mandate.
He said it was “an initiative that speaks to the very heart of NSITF’s commitment to protect, preserve and promote the dignity and well-being of every Nigerian worker.”
Faleye promised that the Fund would not leave any stakeholders behind in its quest to upscale the workplace and upskill both employers and employees for better safety and health.
NSITF organised the workshop for employers in the south-east for selected employers enrolled in the Fund’s Employees’ Compensation Scheme (ECS).
The Objective of the training is to inculcate best practices in enhanced occupational safety and health in the workplace, with the larger aim of preventing occupational hazards and deaths.
The workshop is the second in a series held across the regional demarcations of the Fund.
