NSITF seeks stronger enforcement of Employees’ Compensation Act to protect workers’ rights
- ✦Does the Employees’ Compensation Act establish a system for compensation for work-related injury, disease, disability or death?
- By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — MANAGING Director and Chief Executive of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Mr. Oluwaseun Faleye, has urged the judiciary to strengthen the interpretation, adjudication, and enforcement of the Employees’ Compensation Act (ECA) 2010, so that Nigerian workers can fully enjoy the justice and protection the law guarantees. The Act provides compensation for employees—or their dependants—who suffer death, injury, disability, or occupational disease arising from employment. Faleye, in his welcome address at the opening of the NSITF 2026 Legal Stakeholders’ Engagement in Abuja, emphasised that legislation alone is not enough; workers need timely dispute resolution, fair hearings, and effective compliance with court orders to turn statutory rights into real benefits. The theme of the two-day event is “Enhancing Judicial Interpretation, Adjudication and Enforcement under the Employees’ Compensation Act (ECA), 2010.” Mr. Faleye noted that while last year’s engagement focused on strengthening collaboration for the sustainable administration of the Employees’ Compensation Scheme, this year’s edition addresses a deeper question: how statutory rights can be translated into practical justice. Drawing on the experience of everyday Nigerian workers — mothers, construction workers, factory employees and drivers who leave home each day expecting to return he observed that a workplace accident instantly becomes a human crisis with financial, emotional and social consequences. ”Does the law provide a framework for protection?
- Weakness at any stage can undermine confidence in the entire system.” The NSITF Managing Director underscored the pivotal role of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) in labour justice, noting that the Court’s interpretation of the Employees’ Compensation Act has consequences beyond the immediate parties to a dispute. Such decisions, he said, clarify rights, guide the conduct of employers and employees, and shape the resolution of future disputes. For workers, he said, justice means the practical realisation of their entitlements; for employers, it means a predictable legal environment.
- Does the Employees’ Compensation Act establish a system for compensation for work-related injury, disease, disability or death?
By Johnbosco AgbakwuruABUJA — MANAGING Director and Chief Executive of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Mr. Oluwaseun Faleye, has urged the judiciary to strengthen the interpretation, adjudication, and enforcement of the Employees’ Compensation Act (ECA) 2010, so that Nigerian...
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — MANAGING Director and Chief Executive of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Mr. Oluwaseun Faleye, has urged the judiciary to strengthen the interpretation, adjudication, and enforcement of the Employees’ Compensation Act (ECA) 2010, so that Nigerian workers can fully enjoy the justice and protection the law guarantees. The Act provides compensation for employees—or their dependants—who suffer death, injury, disability, or occupational disease arising from employment. Faleye, in his welcome address at the opening of the NSITF 2026 Legal Stakeholders’ Engagement in Abuja, emphasised that legislation alone is not enough; workers need timely dispute resolution, fair hearings, and effective compliance with court orders to turn statutory rights into real benefits. The theme of the two-day event is “Enhancing Judicial Interpretation, Adjudication and Enforcement under the Employees’ Compensation Act (ECA), 2010.” Mr. Faleye noted that while last year’s engagement focused on strengthening collaboration for the sustainable administration of the Employees’ Compensation Scheme, this year’s edition addresses a deeper question: how statutory rights can be translated into practical justice. Drawing on the experience of everyday Nigerian workers — mothers, construction workers, factory employees and drivers who leave home each day expecting to return he observed that a workplace accident instantly becomes a human crisis with financial, emotional and social consequences. ”Does the law provide a framework for protection?
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — MANAGING Director and Chief Executive of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Mr. Oluwaseun Faleye, has urged the judiciary to strengthen the interpretation, adjudication, and enforcement of the Employees’ Compensation Act (ECA) 2010, so that Nigerian workers can fully enjoy the justice and protection the law guarantees. The Act provides compensation for employees—or their dependants—who suffer death, injury, disability, or occupational disease arising from employment. Faleye, in his welcome address at the opening of the NSITF 2026 Legal Stakeholders’ Engagement in Abuja, emphasised that legislation alone is not enough; workers need timely dispute resolution, fair hearings, and effective compliance with court orders to turn statutory rights into real benefits. The theme of the two-day event is “Enhancing Judicial Interpretation, Adjudication and Enforcement under the Employees’ Compensation Act (ECA), 2010.” Mr. Faleye noted that while last year’s engagement focused on strengthening collaboration for the sustainable administration of the Employees’ Compensation Scheme, this year’s edition addresses a deeper question: how statutory rights can be translated into practical justice. Drawing on the experience of everyday Nigerian workers — mothers, construction workers, factory employees and drivers who leave home each day expecting to return he observed that a workplace accident instantly becomes a human crisis with financial, emotional and social consequences. ”Does the law provide a framework for protection?
