NAIJA NEWS
Some senior staff of the Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) have called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the ongoing corruption in the agency.
According to them, the agency needs to be saved from its current management, which is allegedly controlled by the former Labour Minister, Chris Ngige.
Naija News has gathered that the staff members of the agency have groaned over the recent happening, which is the approval of payment of N47 million gratuity to the Managing Director and Chief Executive of the Fund, Maureen Allagoa, while still in active service.
Some of them who spoke to SaharaReporters revealed that Allagoa had allegedly approved the payment of such an amount to herself for gratuity while still in service.
In a leaked memo titled: Gratuity Computation for Mrs. Maureen Allagoa- (Aa/11272) for the period of service from September 2016 to February 2023 as General Manager and Executive Director, respectively,” the N47 million gratuity payment to the Allagoa was approved by herself for the period she served as General Manager and Executive Director.
The memo with a Reference Number: NSITF/AC/I&A/5/S.4/B117 dated July 3, 2023, from PM, Audit and Inspectorate, was routed through AGM, Head, Audit and Inspectorate to the DGM, Head, Audit and Inspectorate.
Speaking to SaharaReporters, a senior management staff in the office of the embattled MD said the development shocked them all because it contravened the agency’s laws.
The staff, who pleaded anonymity, said, “Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Daju Kachallom, is allegedly playing out the script of her former boss, Chris Ngige, who, though has left the government, but still controls Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund through the Maureen Allagoa, the current Managing Director, GM Procurement Mr. Akin, his procurement director who he re-engaged from retirement to do his dirty job.
