Wilson Adekumola
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has approved the appointment of Mrs Maureen Allagoa as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund agency.
He also approve the re-constitution and placement of a new Management Board of the NSITF in line with the provisions of Section 4 and the powers conferred on him by Sections 7 and 8 of the NSITF Act, CAP N88, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, LFN, 2004.
Barr Allagoa, until her appointment, she was the immediate former Executive Director, Administration with broad experience in many Blue Chip Companies.
The Nation reported that she replaced the erstwhile Managing Director/Chief Executive, Mr. Mike Akabogu who was sacked for forgery of certificate of National Youth Service Corps and low productivity.
Buhari also named Chief Emmanuel Nwosu, an experienced Urban Planning & Management expert who was the past chairman of the Nigeria Insurance Commission as chairman of the new NSITF board.
This was made known in a statement in Abuja on Thursday by the Director, Press & Public Relations Department, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Olajide Oshundun.
Others are: Modu Gana, Executive Director/Member; Dr. Gabriel Okenwa, Executive Director Admin/ Member; Adedeji Adegoke, Executive Director, Finance & Investment/Member and Comrade Marwan Adamu of the Nigeria Labour Congress, as a member.
Other members of the new board appointed by President Buhari are; Comrade Adewale Adeyanju, NLC; President of the Nigerian Employees’ Consultative Association, Taiwo Adeniyi; Mrs. Celine Oni, Director, Learning & Development/Projects, Lauretta Nneka Adaogu, Director, Occupational Safety & Health – OSH – Department, and Central Bank of Nigeria. Nominee.
The statement read in part, “The new Managing Director and Executive Directors had assumed their respective positions and duties with immediate effect from February 6, 2023.
“The new full Management Board will be inaugurated by the Honourable Minister of Labour & Employment as soon as the security and other clearance processes of its memberships are completed by the Security Agencies and other affected bodies, on a date to be announced soon.”
