The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) has presented prosthetic limbs and other assistive devices to 78 employees who sustained various degrees of work-related injuries, reaffirming its commitment to restoring the mobility, dignity, and livelihoods of injured workers across the country.
The development was disclosed in a statement issued by the Fund on Monday.
According to the statement, the Managing Director of NSITF, Oluwaseun Faleye, said the intervention was successfully completed through the cooperation of service providers, beneficiaries, employers, and the Fund’s monitoring team.
Represented by the Executive Director (Operations), Mojisola Macaulay, at the formal presentation of the final report on the current phase of the Prosthesis Provision Exercise in Abuja, Faleye said the programme, which commenced in April 2026, was closely monitored by the Fund’s Claims and Compensation Department from inception to completion.
“I am pleased to report that the prosthesis provision exercise has now been successfully concluded. All identified beneficiaries under the approved programme have been assessed, fitted with the appropriate prostheses, trained on their use and discharged after satisfactory evaluation,” he said.
He added that beneficiaries who could not participate because they could not be reached, declined to attend after notification or died were replaced with persons on the supplementary list to ensure the successful completion of the exercise.
Faleye also commended the prosthesis providers for demonstrating flexibility in meeting the clinical needs of beneficiaries, including the provision of a hip disarticulation prosthesis where required.
The statement noted that the intervention covered eight above-knee prostheses, one hip disarticulation prosthesis, 11 below-knee prostheses, 12 below-elbow prostheses, five above-elbow prostheses, one trans-humeral prosthesis and 40 silicone partial hand prostheses.
It added that all 78 beneficiaries were successfully fitted with the appropriate prostheses, trained in their use and satisfactorily discharged.
Also quoted in the statement, the General Manager, Claims and Compensation, Mrs Nkiru Ede-Ogunnaike, said beneficiaries underwent comprehensive assessment, measurement, prosthetic fabrication, fitting, gait and functional training, evaluation, and final discharge during the exercise.
She said the prostheses were successfully fitted, while beneficiaries expressed satisfaction with the quality of services rendered.
“The discharge letters stating completion and warranty, together with the beneficiaries’ satisfaction forms, have been duly completed and filed in their respective dossiers.
“In conclusion, the prosthesis provision programme achieved its intended objectives and has been completed successfully. The exercise has significantly improved the mobility, functionality and quality of life of the beneficiaries while fulfilling the Fund’s mandate of providing appropriate rehabilitation support to eligible employees who sustained work-related disabilities,” she stated.
Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Mr Solomon Sunday, a staff member of Zodoson Industries in Abia State, described the intervention as life-changing, saying many of them had lost hope after suffering workplace accidents before NSITF came to their aid.
He said the prostheses had restored not only their mobility but also their confidence and ability to earn a living again.
“We are deeply grateful to the Fund for all it has done for us. You can see how excited and happy I am as a young man who can now look forward to a bright future. The Fund has also given me the opportunity to acquire a new skill to earn a living. We sincerely thank God for using NSITF to change our stories,” Sunday said.
(The Sun)
