The Managing Director of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, (NSITF), Barrister Olawaseun Faleye on Tuesday advocated for adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Digitalization in ensuring workers safety in Nigeria.
Speaking at the Occupational Safety and Health Forum in commemoration of the World Day of Safety and Health organized by the Fund at the Merit House, Abuja, Barrister Faleye, advised that in embracing technology, care should be taken not to forget the core things that drive safety and health in the workplace.
He argued that AI would introduce innovations in workplace safety with prediction, prevention and protection revolutionised, which will in turn, promote safety and health in the workplace.
The MD emphasized the need for continuous learning and adaptation, investing in training and education to ensure workers are proficient in utilising tools.
Barrister Faleye further advocated the need for ensuring appropriate compliance ethics and proper safeguards are put in place, in reaffirmation of “our commitment to workers safety”.
Earlier, while welcoming participants to the event, the Executive Director Operations of NSITF, Mrs Mojisolaoluwa Alli-Macaulay, said it was a gathering of experts, practitioners and stakeholders to brainstorm on the best practices and challenges in adoption of AI and Digitalization for safety and workers well-being.
She further summed up the aim as equipping OSH professionals with the required knowledge and skills to tap into AI and Digitalization, as well as tackle its challenges for a safer and healthier workplace in Nigeria.
In his goodwill message, DG NECA, Mr Smart Oyerinde lamented that workplace environment in Nigeria is not in the best of state.
The Committee Chairman advocated a worker centred approach saying, “Behind every tool and innovation are humans. An innovation can only be measured in form of the lives it actually protects”.
