Freetown, 22nd November 2022
The Director General of the National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT), Mohamed Fuaad Daboh, has been elected as a member of the Bureau of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) for the period 2023 – 2025. The election took place during the 39th session of the Council of the ISSA in Marrakech, Morocco, on the 28th of October 2022.
In his letter to Mr. Daboh, the ISSA Secretary General, Marcelo Abi-Ramia Caetano, stated thus: “On behalf of the President of the Association, Dr. Mohammed Azman bin Aziz Mohammed, I should like to take this opportunity to welcome you to this important statutory body and express our sincere satisfaction at being able to count upon your valuable cooperation”.
The ISSA Bureau constitutes the administrative authority of the Association, and is composed of the President of the ISSA, the Treasurer, the Secretary-General, and elected members representing the different geographical regions of the world. It meets at least once every calendar year, and NASSIT as an institution is entitled to retain this seat until the expiry of the present mandate at the closing of the 40th Session of the ISSA Council, which will take place during the World Social Security Forum in 2025.
In his response, Mr. Daboh expressed his delight and appreciation for the honour reposed in him and his institution, NASSIT, and pledged to continue working hard in the promotion of social security both at the regional and global levels.
NASSIT Director General Elected as ISSA Bureau Member
It is worthy of note that the tremendous strides of this giant Administrator have received several acclimations from both national and international partners. In January 2020, Mohamed Fuaad Daboh was appointed Vice-Chairperson of the Technical Commission on Investment of Social Security Funds by the International Social Security Association (ISSA) for a period of Three years (2020 – 2022).
Congratulating Mr. Fuaad Daboh, on this event, the Secretary of the ISSA, Mercelo Abi-Ramia Caetano, stated, “Vice-Chairpersons have an important role in planning and guiding the activities of the Technical Commission by ensuring its focus on priority issues and by contributing to the ISSA overall work programme and objectives”. Several congratulatory messages on the accomplishment of his key task of this appointment is to his credit.
It could be recalled that when Mr. Daboh was appointed as Director General of NASSIT by His Excellency the President, Brigadier (Rtd) Dr. Julius Maada Bio, he has transformed the Trust into an enviable institution where work processes and procedures are followed, an improvement in the compliance rate, the prompt and timely payment of benefits, the upgrade of the ICT infrastructure, among others.
Recently, the Trust held a National Members Conference at the Freetown International Conference Centre and the finals of the Inter-secondary schools’ quiz competition at the Freetown City Council as part of its 20thAnniversary celebrations.
“Today, NASSIT as the country’s only social security institution is on a positive trajectory under the leadership of Mohamed Fuaad Daboh,” stated Mr. Eustace Cole, a NASSIT pensioner.
The International Social Security Association (ISSA) is the world’s leading international organisation for social security institutions, government departments, and agencies.
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