The condition of the office, located at Mobolaji Bank
Anthony way, Maryland, Lagos, has been in deplorable state, despite promises by
officials to renovate the structure.
In a video that went viral last week, the rain fell directly
through the dilapidated roof into the open office of the fund’s department on
the ground floor.
The office had a lot of computers and other work accessories,
and employees were seen covering them with polythene bags to save them from
being damaged.
The Guardian gathered that two years ago, when some board
members and top executives of the Fund, paid a working visit to the edifice,
Chairman, Board of Directors, NSITF, Austin Enajemo-Isire, had assured workers
that the dilapidated office would be fixed.
The working visit was part of efforts to assess the level of
ongoing construction of the 18-storey building, whose construction began 39
years ago . Enajemo- Isire, who had expressed dismay at the deplorable state of
the office environment, coupled with leaky roof, urged employees to eschew
negative thoughts that are not profitable to the upliftment of the Fund.
This was even as he had promised another engagement where
they would strategise to achieve a better NSITF.
However, two years later, the office is deteriorating
further. Contacted, the Fund’s Deputy
General Manager, Administration, Agboma Okoroafor, said she was in no position
to speak on the matter.
But The Guardian gathered that the Abuja office of the Fund
is worse than that of Lagos, as workers don’t have chairs and desks to perform
their daily operations.