Babatunde Solanke,Lagos
A United Kingdom based Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSH Association UK) has conferred a Fellowship Award on the Director-General/Chief Executive of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Sir Joseph N. Ari.
The association explained that the award was in recognition of the DG’s invaluable contributions to entrenching occupational health and safety in the Fund and ensuring that contributing employers adhere to occupational health and safety standards.
The Director General of ITF Ari, expressed delight and appreciated the Association for the award, noting that as the foremost human capacity development organisation in Nigeria, the ITF was charged with the responsibility of setting and maintaining training standards in all sectors of the economy and monitor adherence amongst other responsibilities.
“In the discharge of our mandate, the ITF has over the years implemented several training programmes in occupational health and safety for both staff of the Fund and our stakeholders. “
He said It was in recognition of the important place of occupational health and safety in organisations that the ITF made it a key criterion for granting training reimbursement to contributing employers.
According to him,”This is aimed at encouraging employers of labour to carryout safety training and adhere to safety protocols in their various organisations.“
