Reps move to penalise NSITF defaulters

By : Adamu Abuh, Abuja

Date: 8 October 2019 4:03am WAT

Pic. 21. From left: Rep. Kabiru Idris is a Member, House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on the Non-Remittance of Contributions into the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Funds (NSITF), by Federal, States, Local Governments, Parastatals, Public Corporations and Companies from 2010 to date; Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Sada Soli; and another member of the committee, during an investigative hearing at the National Assembly in Abuja on Monday (7/10/19). 06598/7/10/2019/Hogan Bassey/NAN

The House of Representatives is putting in place measures to penalise defaulters of the National Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF).

Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, who dropped the hint at the commencement of hearing on the non-remittance of contributions into the fund by both public and private institutions yesterday in Abuja, expressed concern over the failure of the NSITF to live up to the expectations of Nigerians.