Apply Knowledge Gained--NSITF MD urges participants at Workshop on occupational safety and health.

Participants at the workshop

Barrister Olúwaṣeun Faleye, the Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, (NSITF), has   urged participants at the ongoing workshop on Enhanced Occupational Safety and Health, to ensure they apply the knowledge gained from the workshop to promote workers' safety and health in their organizations.

"I urge every participant to engage deeply,

share openly and apply the insights gained with passion and purpose. The true.

measure of this programme's success will not be in what is taught alone but in

how it transforms your workplaces, protects your teams and ultimately saves

lives," Barrister Faleye said in his keynote address.

The ongoing workshop for employers in the South East Geo-Political zone of the country, is at Hotel Sylvia, Independence Layout, Enugu, is organised by NSITF in conjunction with Messrs. Carlton Concept Projects Limited for selected employers enrolled in the Fund's Employees Compensation Scheme. 

The Objective of the training is inculcating best practices in enhanced occupational safety and health and implementation in the workplace with the larger aim of prevention of occupational hazards and deaths.

The workshop is the second in a series holding across the regional demarcations of the Fund.

While welcoming participants at the workshop, the NSITF Managing Director who was represented by the Fund's General Manager and head of department Health Safety and Environment (HSE), Mr Tony Eke, described  the training as pivotal and at the core of the Fund's mandate. 

He said, "It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to this pivotal training program

on Enhanced Occupational Safety and Health, an initiative that speaks to the.

very heart of our commitment at NSITF: to protect, preserve and promote the

dignity and well-being of every Nigerian worker.

He had earlier 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.