The Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday arrested two staff of National Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) while they were attempting to smuggle files out of the corporate headquarters of the agency in Abuja.

The two staff identified as Madam Ochei and Tope were arrested while attempting to smuggle files out of the legal department.

It was gathered that Ochei was caught at the gate with Tope’s bag containing the smuggled files.

This incident occurred a few days after the suspension of the Managing Director of NSITF, Adebayo Somefun and some top management staff for financial breaches and other acts of gross misconduct.

Among other allegations, the MD and some members of his Executive were accused of lavishing N3.4 billion on nonexistent Staff training split into about 196 different consultancy contracts in other to evade the Ministerial tenders Board and Federal Executive Council (FEC) approvals.

The Management Board of NSITF led by Austin Enajemo Isire at the weekend announced that it would probe the financial activities of the suspended management.

Isire in a statement he personally signed, said the approval for the suspension of the staff had been conveyed to the Minister in charge of the Ministry in a correspondence referenced SGF 47/511/T/99 of June 30, 2020.

Isire added that the Minister has conveyed this approval and other necessary directives to him in terms of setting up a board- driven investigative panel. (Daily Independent)

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