Directors, Others Flee As COVID-19 Task Force Storms NSITF Exam Centre

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) COVID-19 enforcement team reportedly stormed the venue of promotional exams of the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) on Wednesday to arrest officials of the agency for allegedly violating COVID-19 guidelines.

The task force’s invasion of the exam venue was said to have followed a complaint from one of NSITF’s staff.

The head, media and enlightenment of the team, Ikharo Attah, disclosed that an NSITF employee had filed a complaint that staff of the agency were not complying with the presidential regulations on COVID-19.

Attah said his team stormed the exam premises at M and M Event Centre, Area 11, Garki, where NSITF staff across the county gathered for the promotional examination.

“We got a complaint from some of the staff of NSITF that the exercise was going on without any regard to the Presidential regulations that was why we stormed there.

“On arrival at M and M Event Centre, Area 11, Garki, we discovered that NSITF has gathered its staff from different states across the country for a promotional exam, without complying with COVID-19 guidelines.

“They claimed PTF had approved the exercise, but could not produce any evidence, while the union leaders refused that our team should not arrest anyone, the top directors abandoned their cars, scaled through a fence and escaped.”

According to reports, some top management staff of the NSITF allegedly abandoned their cars and jumped through the fence to evade arrest by the enforcement team.

Attah, however, said he was disappointed that an agency like NSITF failed to lead by example, adding that the fleeing directors and others who flouted the presidential regulations would be prosecuted.