HealthLabourCompanies Receives N9.3 Billion For Group Life Insurance, Death Benefits- Ehanire

ABUJA — Nigeria health minister Osagie Ehanire says the Federal Government has paid a total of N9.3 billion to companies for group life insurance and death benefits for health workers.

Ehanire said the Federal Ministry of Health is in receipt of 131 cheques totaling N159, 233,234.00 from various insurance companies for 46 National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) members from 52 health facilities for group life insurance.

“Currently, additional 95 cheques are being processed from various insurance companies. It is noteworthy that insurance claim is dependent on due diligence.”

“Submissions from the hospitals, where some deceased resident doctors worked, did not have complete documents (such as the last payslip for claim payment, etc), this was communicated to NARD representatives at the meeting convened by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment on 22nd July 2021.”

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Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.

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