The debate supposedly goes back to an electronic compliance-certification job authorized by the Federal Government throughout the administration of previous President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Oluwaseun Mayomi Faleye, is dealing with concerns over a supposed disagreement including the company’s electronic compliance-certification platform, following claims that an ICT team member designated to deal with the system, Akhigbe Andrew Eromosele, shut it down in the middle of disputes with management and consequently ended up being inaccessible.
The debate has actually apparently left the company facing the disturbance of its electronic accreditation procedure, an unsolved intellectual-property conflict and issues about who presently manages the platform and the delicate info coming from companies and business signed up with the firm.
Sources knowledgeable about the advancement informed SaharaReporters that Eromosele presumably required 2 billion, together with a suggested payment of 10,000 for each certificate produced through the platform, before it might be resumed. The reported needs were apparently declined by the NSITF management.
The debate centres on the Electronic Compliance and Safety Application (ECSA), a platform apparently presented around 2025 to catch companies’ details and create electronic compliance certificates. The system stayed in usage till a current breakdown that set off the existing conflict.
A leading source described that the scenarios surrounding the platform has actually revealed accusations of contested innovation ownership, disagreements over agreement application, concerns about the function of an NSITF ICT officer and issues about the management of a digital system managing delicate business info.
How The Dispute Began
The debate supposedly goes back to an electronic compliance-certification task authorized by the Federal Government throughout the administration of previous President Muhammadu Buhari.
Under the initial plan, P2E Technologies was apparently contracted to establish the electronic compliance system for NSITF.
The very first stage of the task was supposedly finished before a 2nd stage was authorized. The 2nd stage was created to move the company’s compliance-certification procedure totally online, changing the standard system of providing hard-copy certificates with digitally produced files.
As part of the execution procedure, NSITF supposedly appointed an ICT employee, Eromosele, to work together with P2E Technologies.
According to sources knowledgeable about the plan, the goal was to guarantee that an internal officer got enough technical understanding to handle the system after the specialist finished its project.
The plan ended up being the source of a disagreement over intellectual-property ownership.
Sources acquainted with the advancement specified that Eromosele utilized his access to the technical work carried out by P2E Technologies to copy aspects of the professional’s copyright, consisting of a design related to the proposed electronic-certification system.
The sources discussed that the innovation was consequently rebranded and become a platform called ECSA.
P2E Technologies supposedly raised issues over the copying and grumbled about the advancement. The business was likewise stated to have actually threatened legal action over the matter.
New Management, New Platform And Ownership Questions
The conflict supposedly heightened list below modifications in NSITF’s management.
Instead of continuing with P2E Technologies under the initial plan, the brand-new management selected another electronic platform.
According to sources, Eromosele provided to establish the replacement system, having actually formerly dealt with the specialist on the earlier job.
The resulting platform, recognized as ECSA, supposedly ended up being functional around 2025 and was utilized to catch company info and produce electronic compliance certificates.
The platform supposedly stayed in usage till the current breakdown that activated the debate.
It was collected that Eromosele later on looked for to leave NSITF through a voluntary-exit program, with the objective of going back to the firm as an external specialist to keep or handle the very same ECSA platform.
According to sources acquainted with the advancement, NSITF management apparently declined the proposition.
Alleged Shutdown And 2 Billion Demand
The scenario supposedly took a more severe turn when the ECSA platform was apparently closed down by Eromosele in the middle of differences with NSITF management.
Sources described that the ICT officer consequently ended up being inaccessible, leaving the firm having a hard time to deal with the interruption to its electronic-certification procedure.
The sources even more stated that Eromosele required 2 billion, together with a suggested payment of 10,000 for each certificate created through the platform, as conditions for resuming the system.
The reported needs were declined by management.
The shutdown, nevertheless, apparently interfered with the electronic accreditation procedure and required the company to think about alternative plans.
NSITF consequently moved to develop another platform, with personnel apparently advised to start a fresh procedure of submitting files and recording business info, consisting of records dating from April 2026.
Companies’ Data Security Under Scrutiny
Sources discussed that the most unpleasant element of the debate is the security and control of companies’ information apparently hung on the ECSA platform.
The system was utilized to catch details coming from companies and business signed up with NSITF. Such records are very important to the firm’s compliance-certification procedure and its transactions with companies running in Nigeria.
“If a person who had access to the platform’s backend kept administrative gain access to after the reported shutdown, concerns occur over who presently manages the system, whether the person’s gain access to has actually been withdrawed and whether the info kept on the platform stays safe.
“There are also concerns about whether the data has been copied, transferred or otherwise exposed during the dispute and transition to another platform,” a source stated.
A senior NSITF employee, who spoke with SaharaReporters in self-confidence, questioned the obvious weak points in the management of the innovation task.
“A federal government firm must normally have clear arrangements governing intellectual-property ownership, source-code custody, information ownership, system gain access to, handover treatments, cybersecurity and exit plans before an innovation specialist or internal officer presumes control of an important public platform,” the employee stated.
Concerns For Faleye-Led NSITF Management
The debate raises numerous concerns for the NSITF management under Faleye, including who lawfully owns the ECSA source code and the copyright related to the platform.
Eromosele Responds, Denies Allegations
When SaharaReporters gotten in touch with Eromosele for his reaction to claims that he closed down the platform following a difference with the management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) and required 2 billion, together with a suggested payment of 10,000 for every single certificate created through the system, before resuming it, he rejected the claims.
He revealed a choice for an in person conference to discuss his position.
“These are not the sort of concerns you call somebody on the phone to ask. They are concerns that need to be talked about face to face. I do not even understand who I am talking with,” he stated.
Eromosele included that he was not comfy reacting to the claims over the telephone.
“I understand you stated so, however I do not understand you from anywhere. I can’t simply address these concerns.
“I would feel more comfy going over the matter in an individually conference. I can address your concerns then. Numerous of the things you are hearing are things I do not understand where you got them from.
“I am likewise not in a position to begin divulging problems worrying the NSITF. Do you comprehend?”
He stated he hesitated to talk about matters connecting to the firm without an in person conference, while questioning the sources of the info provided to him.
“You have actually currently heard whatever, however I do not understand where you got your info from. I am not in a position to begin addressing these concerns. As I stated, if it were an individually conference, I might discuss them,” he stated.
Eromosele even more kept that an in person conversation would enable him to supply what he referred to as a clearer description of the scenarios surrounding the disagreement.
“However, if we might set up an in person conference, I might discuss things correctly and clarify what occurred, what did not occur, and what the real circumstance is,” he stated.
“Let me be truthful with you: I have actually been doing this for the previous 26 years.
“Nobody closes down software application that is being utilized by a great deal of individuals. I do not understand about the more youthful generation, however doing something like that is impractical.
“That is why I stated I do not understand where you got your details, however it is totally incorrect.”
He continued: “You are stating this occurred which occurred, however I can not be here going over all of that. I am not in a position to do so.
“I do not wish to begin going over matters that do not issue me or problems I have no organization answering. Do you comprehend?
“If we ever fulfill in person, things will be various, and I will have the ability to talk about the matter more freely.”
Eromosele challenged the accusations and explained some of the info as incorrect, he did not offer a comprehensive account of the legal plans governing ECSA or particularly discuss the platform’s administrative-control structure throughout the telephone discussion.
He likewise did not supply a comprehensive reaction throughout the call to the reported 2 billion need or the proposed 10,000 payment per certificate.
NSITF ICT General Manager Fails To Respond
Efforts by SaharaReporters to call Yusuff Olaniyi, General Manager of Information and Communications Technology at NSITF, were not successful.
Olaniyi did not address calls or react to messages sent out to him looking for explanation on the scenarios surrounding the platform, the reported conflict over its ownership and operation, the supposed monetary needs and the security of companies’ information.
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