It was learnt that the NSITF boss, with discharge certificate number A030544, was invited by the police.
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The adjournment was forced because of information before the court that the Chairman, accused of N1.3b fraud, slumped.
Yerima-Peter Tarfa, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, said this in a statement signed by Charles Akpan, Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations in the ministry, on Friday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the court had, on July 1, granted an order of interim forfeiture in relation to 46 property, including houses and parcels of land, suspected to be owned by Olejeme.
The affected agencies are the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading and Transmission Company of Nigeria.
The Chairman, NSITF Board, Austin Enajemo-Isire, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Enugu.
Charles Akpan, the Deputy Director, Press and Publicity in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.
The suspension was announced in a statement by the Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Productivity, Charles Akpan, on Thursday
The House of Representatives has directed the Committee on Labour, Employment and Productivity to investigate the activities of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund in relation to the expenditure of ₦2.3 billion by its management.
The Presidency in a statement on Sunday by the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said Kokori was only appointed as Chairman of the board of Michael Imoudu Institute for Labour Studies in Ilorin, Kwara State and not the NSITF.
The Nigeria Labour Congress has called on the Federal Government to intervene over the delay in the inauguration of the board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund.
The Nigeria Labour Congress has opposed the substitution of Frank Kokori as new Chairman for the Board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, a parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment.
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of members of the Board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, a parastatal agency of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment.
Ngige said this when he addressed members of the committee drawn from the office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Office of the Auditor General of the Federation, the Private Sector and the Ministry of Labour and Employment, whose Permanent Secretary, Ibukun Odusote, is to chair the committee.
The minister gave the assurance when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday.
Ngige said this in a letter in response to an earlier one by Oshiomhole on the need for the inauguration of the NSITF Board.
The ULC said this in reaction to a statement credited to the Ministry of Labour and Employment that those indicted in the NSITF fraud included leaders nominated by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Nigeria Employers Consultative Association.
Some of the unauthorised allowances paid were Management Staff Allowance, Staff Education Allowance, DStv Subscription Allowance and Dressing Allowance
Ishaya Awotu, the Chairman of the panel, said that there were irregular allowances totalling N5.7 billion paid to staff and management.
The committees are: Joint Committee for the Development of Framework for the Implementation of Occupational Safety and Health and Technical Committee for the Development of Public Service Emergency Management Policy Framework