Corruption: Our Books Are Open For Probe-NSITF

Management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) has said that its financial transactions are open and that the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) are free to investigate them in the feelings of any form of allegation against the Fund.
This is sequel to the alleged request of some unidentified staff of the Fund calling for the probe of the organization by the anti-graft agencies over the recent report by the ICPC that stated that about 52 agencies of government including NSITF were identified as high corruption risks.
Management of the NSITF has invited the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to investigate its books if they feel that there is any form of allegation against the Fund,
A Statement signed by the Ijeoma Oji-Okoronkwo, General Manager/Head Corporate Affairs, NSITF, Ijeoma Oji-Okoronkwo, and titled ‘ Alleged High Corruption Risks’: NSITF Calls for System Study, Commits to Transparency and Accountability, said that the allegation of corruption against the organisation was taken out of context to suit a negative purpose, describing it as unfounded and an attempt to distract the management from its commitments to carrying out its mandates.
The statement  said that the Fund would continue to work tirelessly to ensure that its operations were conducted with the highest level of integrity and transparency.
“As of date we have fully paid adequate monetary compensations to workers  who suffer workplace or any other type of accidents in the course of work.
“Organisations with such work place patients have had such medical Bills paid or reimbursed appropriately by NSITF and victims given Prosthesis where necessary by our claims and Compensation Department in consonance with the Employees Compensation Act(ECA)2010 which is our operational Law.
“Same goes for our family welfare package for the Family defendants if the accident results in the death of the Employee- the family bread winner. All organizations that are up to date in their contributions can attest to these facts”, it stated.
According to the statement, “Our attention is drawn to the purported call by some staff of the Fund allegedly requesting an immediate probe of the agency by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) as well as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
“This call is based on a breakdown of the ICPC info graph showing that 52 agencies which includes NSITF, National Broadcasting Commission, Federal Civil Service Commission, Court of Appeal, National Hospital and several other Government agencies, were identified as non-responsive implying that these agencies did not respond to enquiries on them.
“The ICPC consequently marked them as “High Corruption Risk HCR” and were “flagged for the attention of the public and for further inquiries and actions.
“The allegation of corruption against the Fund which  was taken out of context to suit a negative purpose is therefore unfounded and an attempt to distract the management from its commitments to carrying out its mandates.