By Chesa Chesa
The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) has presented prosthetic limbs and assistive devices to 78 beneficiaries who sustained work-related injuries, marking the successful completion of the current phase of its Prosthesis Provision Exercise.
Speaking during the formal presentation of the final report of the exercise in Abuja, the Managing Director of NSITF, Barrister Oluwaseun Faleye, said the intervention was successfully implemented through the collaboration of prosthesis providers, beneficiaries, employers and the Fund’s monitoring team.
Represented by the Executive Director (Operations), Mrs. Mojisola Alli Macaulay, Faleye commended all stakeholders for their commitment throughout the programme.
“The cooperation and commitment demonstrated by the prosthesis providers, beneficiaries, employers and the monitoring team greatly contributed to the successful completion of this intervention,” he said.
He noted that the prosthesis providers also demonstrated flexibility by meeting special clinical needs, including the provision of a hip disarticulation prosthesis where required.
Faleye explained that following the commencement of the exercise in April 2026, the Claims and Compensation Department monitored every stage of the programme from assessment to final discharge of beneficiaries.
According to him, all identified beneficiaries under the approved programme were assessed, fitted with appropriate prostheses, trained on their use and discharged after satisfactory evaluation.
“Sequel to the interim report submitted previously, I am pleased to report that the prosthesis provision exercise has now been successfully concluded,” he said.
He added that beneficiaries who could not participate because they could not be reached, declined to attend after notification or had died were replaced with persons on a supplementary list to ensure the successful completion of the programme.
The exercise covered different categories of prosthetic devices, including 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.
In total, all 78 beneficiaries scheduled under the programme successfully received their prosthetic devices and were satisfactorily discharged.
Also speaking, the General Manager, Claims and Compensation, Mrs. Nkiru Ede-Ogunnaike, said beneficiaries underwent comprehensive rehabilitation processes, including assessment, measurement, fabrication, fitting, gait and functional training, evaluation and final discharge.
She said the beneficiaries expressed satisfaction with the services provided, while discharge letters, warranty documents and satisfaction forms had been completed and filed in their respective records.
Ede-Ogunnaike said the programme had achieved its objectives by restoring mobility and improving the quality of life of workers who sustained disabilities in the course of their employment.
“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 said.
Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Mr. Solomon Sunday, a staff member of Zodoson Industries in Abia State, described the intervention as life-changing.
He said many of the beneficiaries had struggled with depression and frustration following their workplace accidents before receiving the prosthetic devices.
“We are deeply grateful to the Fund and appreciate NSITF for all they have 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 new skills to earn a living. We thank God for using NSITF to change our stories,” Sunday said.
