The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has invited the Minister of Labour and Employment, Mr Muhammadu Dingyadi, to explain delay in the inauguration of Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, board.

This followed a petition by a Non-Governmental Organisation and an Initiative in Abuja on Tuesday.

Chairman of the committee, Rep. Mike Etabo, said that the minister should appear in person to answer to the petition, stressing that the Managing Director of NSITF, Faleye Mayomi, should also appear, in order to answer questions bordering around alleged violation of its project clearance regulations.

Etabo said the petitioners wanted the agency to explain some of their actions which they claimed were at variance with their mandate, noting that the petitioners claimed that President Bola Tinubu had appointed a managing director for the fund but is yet to name and inaugurate the board several months after.

He revealed that the petitioners believed that this was an aberration, as the absence of the board was giving way to a wide range of illegalities in the running of the affairs of organisation.

9News Nigeria reports that some of his words were; “Ours is to serve Nigerians efficiently and ensure the right thing is done always. Inviting the CEO is for him to throw more light on the issues at hand.