Press Statement
(11/07/2025)
RE: NIGERIA SOCIAL INSURANCE TRUST FUND: LOSS OF LAND DOCUMENT
Our attention has been drawn to a public notice signed by Oluwaseun Faleye, MD/CE of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) and published in the national dailies of Thursday, July 10, 2025 including the Vanguard , page 7 and The Sun , page 9, declaring as lost the Certificate of Occupancy, Power of Attorney and Deed of Assignment in respect of Plot Numbers MISC 54707 and MISC 54824 respectively which he claimed are in favour of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund Management Board and urging the public, the Department of Land Administration, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA); the Abuja Geographical Information System (AGIS); and other authorities vested with powers to issue Certified True Copies (CTC), or re-issue or perfect replacement processes or documents in favour of or connected with the aforementioned plots of land to not deal with anyone who may be in possession of the said original title documents for any transaction whatsoever.
We find this publication as mischievous or utterly ridiculous or hopefully, an act of sheer ignorance because the aforesaid plots of land have always belonged to the Nigeria Labour Congress, belong to the Nigeria Labour Congress and will continue to belong to the Nigeria Labour Congress. Coupled with this, the Congress has been in possession of the aforesaid plots of land.
In a few words, therefore, both the proprietory and possesory rights on, over and about those plots reside with the Nigeria Labour Congress.
It is trite knowledge that one cannot claim loss or issue loss notice over that which one has neither possesory nor proprietary right.
Accordingly, NISTF is advised to withdraw this notice. We are neither pressing charges nor asking for damages for the embarrassment this public notice has caused us for now.
NISTF is equally advised to consult the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trustfund Pensions for the true position of the aforesaid plots of land.
Finally, the general public, FCTA, AGIS and other authorities vested with powers on land titling are urged to ignore this notice
Comrade Joe Ajaero
President