No fewer than 300 members of staff in the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) have been redeployed across various sections, departments and regions of the federation in line with their core competences, skills and qualifications.
The redeployment is coming on the heels of composition of the new management for the agency following series of issues relating misappropriation and embezzlement.
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Daily Trust recalls that President Muhammadu Buhari had July last years constituted a Presidential panel to investigate all allegations bordering on corruption.
The panel, after submitting its report to the President recommended dissolution of former management and a new management being led Michael Akabogu was constituted.
However, a statement issued Tuesday night by General Manager and Head of Corporate Affairs, Mrs Ijeoma Oji-Okoronkwo, explained that reshuffling of staff became imperative in order to complete the process of repositioning the agency.
She stated that Mr Zwalda Ponkap, who was formerly General Manager Audit & Inspectorate was redeployed from Audit and Inspectorate Department to Finance department as General Manager/ Head of Finance while Mr Babatunde Adegoke, a Deputy General Manager and former acting Head of the Lagos Corporate Office was redeployed to Head the Investment & Treasury Management.
Oji-Okoronkwo added that Mr Nasir Mohammed, an Assistant General Manager Kaduna Regional Office was redeployed to ICT Head Office as the Head of Department while Mr Lateef Musa, formerly General Manager Enforcement redeployed to Lagos Regional Office as the Regional Manager.
In the same vein, Mr Geoffrey Otokito, formerly Deputy General Manager APRD was redeployed to serve as Regional Manager Portharcourt Region.
The statement added, ”The exercise which had been duly communicated to staff saw the redistribution of 300 out of the over 5000 staff strength of the Fund.
”These staff were redeployed across various departments, Branches and Regions across the Federation after a careful consideration of their core competences, skills and qualifications.
”All officers affected are encouraged to make good use of the opportunity as the redeployments are targeted at improving productivity, retooling relearning, capacity building and ensuring that all hands are on deck towards achieving the Mandate of the Fund.
”However, Management has commenced the compilation and processing of relocation allowances for all redeployed staff to ensure a seamless relocation.
”Management hopes that all staff will bring to bare their wealth of experience and competencies in the realization of the strategic reform and change management of the Fund.”
