NSITF Pays 31 Million Naira Medical Bills of Nestle Staff.

A staff of fast moving consumer goods giant, Nestle Plc has received a refund of 31 million Naira medical bills form the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, under the Employee Compensation Scheme of the Fund.

Managing Director of NSITF, Barrister Oluwaseun Faleye presented the cheque Tuesday, at Nestle headquarters in Lagos. Barrister Faleye was in company of the President and General Secretary of NUBIFE, Comrades Anthony Akpaba and Mohammed Sheik, representative of NECA, Mrs. Ajala and the Executive Director Operation of NSITF, Mrs. Mojisoluwa Ali-Macauley.

In the same vein, the widow of a deceased staff of MEDPLUS was presented with a cheque of one million , one hundred and ninety two thousand, one hundred and forty five Naira and twenty five kobo (1,192,145:25) by the Managing Director of NSITF Tuesday at the company's head office in Lagos. The fund represents the first monthly support after an initial lump sum of 13 million Naira. The MD NSITF explained that the monthly installments would continue until the last child of the decreased turned 21 years.

Meanwhile, the NSITF team had earlier visited the head office of Mobil Producing (Seplat Energy) where they presented a cheque of one million, one hundred and seven thousand, six hundred and sixty Naira, and thirty kobo, (1,107,660:30) monthly compensation to the family of a staff of the company who died in the course of duty.

At Nestle, Barrister Faleye commended the company's commitment to workers' welfare. He recounted that the benefiting staff was involved in an auto accident along with other colleagues and they had all been compensated by the Fund. He stated further that because of the seriousness of the injury sustained by the particular staff, a review became imperative hence latest payment. The MD revealed that the family of one of the workers who died in the road mishap had been paid the initial compensation and started to receive monthly compensation.

Barrister Faleye seized the occasion to draw parallels between other insurance policies and the Employee Compensation Scheme of the NSITF saying the scheme is made mandatory by the Employee Compensation Act 2010. He said asides compensation for work related deaths, diseases, disabilities and injuries, the fund provides support and rehabilitation.