By Johnbosco Agbakwuru

ABUJA — THE Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, in fulfillment of its mandate of providing social protection, has empowered nineteen more beneficiaries under the vocational rehabilitation programme of the Employees’ Compensation Scheme, ECS.

General Manager Claims and Compensation NSITF, Mrs. Nkiru Ede-Ogunnaike, disclosed that vocational rehabilitation for injured workers was provided for in the Employees’ Compensation Act 2010.

The General Manager, who represented the Managing Director and Chief Executive, Barr. Oluwaseun Faleye at the occasion in Lagos explained that the programme involved three phases of reorientation, vocational training, and empowerment with startup tools.

In a speech delivered on behalf of the NSITF MD, Mrs Ede-Ogunnaike said the event “marks another milestone in our journey to restore dignity through work for beneficiaries in the Lagos and Ibadan zones.”

According to her: “Guided by the Employees’ Compensation Act 2010, we are building pathways for injured workers to regain independence.”

Describing the event as a celebration of “courage, resilience, and the power of second chances,” she said it would soon go nation-wide to ensure other Nigerian workers who lost abilities to continue working due to injuries or disabilities are given new leases of life.

Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Taiwo Kosoko who was trained in poultry farming and empowered to set up his business, thanked the management of NSITF for their support and expressed hope for more support that would ensure their lives are reshaped for the better.

He particularly commended the Fund’s MD for transforming the NSITF within a very short while where the impact of the fund is felt by all major stakeholders.

The programme, which was only launched in July 2025, has since benefited 57 Nigerians drawn from selected zones.