To provide the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, more social benefits, men and officers would be registered in the Employees Compensation Scheme, ECS, according to Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun.
This was revealed by the IGP Egbetokun during Oluwaseun Faleye, the Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, accompanied the agency’s executive and senior management on an advocacy visit to Force Headquarters, FHQ, in Abuja over the weekend.
The IGP, who complimented Faleye on the “radical changes” he has implemented since taking over, stated that the Force will work closely with the NSITF to make sure that employers in both the public and private sectors comply with the ECS.
In a statement yesterday by NSITF’s General Manager for Corporate Affairs, Nwachukwu Godson, the IGP said: “I listened to you and want to assure you that I have taken note of everything you said, all the issues you raised. From now on, we are going to work together to make sure that the Nigerian Police Force becomes active partners with the NSITF.
“We are going to contribute to the scheme. We will do everything possible. Whatever that is stopping the NPF from contributing to the NSITF, we have to look into it and make sure that it works this time round.
“Then, with respect to your enforcement drive, please count on us that we will support you all the way. I have been monitoring your activities since you came in as the MD of the NSITF and I know that you have brought radical changes to the fund.
“So, I congratulate you for the good job you are doing at NSITF. I want to assure that the Nigerian Police Force will partner with you.”
Faleye bemoaned the police’s lack of cooperation with the ECS but voiced hope that the IGP’s involvement would start a new chapter in the NSITF and NPF’s collaboration.
The head of the NSITF praised the NPF for the sacrifices its officers make to protect the country.
“We are here to show our appreciation, first and foremost, as Nigerians, for the efforts of the leadership of the NPF in securing the nation.
“Secondly, we are here to engage with the leadership of the NPF on the core mandate of the NSITF: to see how to collaborate and extend the numerous benefits of our social insurance cover to the rank and file of the police in line with our mandate”, he stated.