The Federal government says it has received a life insurance cover for all frontline workers in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday said this was the contribution of the nation’s insurance industry towards curbing the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
He explained that a maximum of 5,000 health workers from all the frontline workers employed to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic will benefit from the life insurance cover. He added that the premium, in the sum of N112,500,000 for cover, has been fully paid by the Nigeria Insurance Industry.
Mustapha urged all frontline workers to double their efforts, saying the government was committed to protecting them in the course of discharging their duty especially the health workers as the Federal Ministry of Health in conjunction with the MDAs and the health sector professional bodies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for various allowances and other incentives.
While appreciating the insurance industry for the contribution he called on other sectors of the economy to rise up to support the effort to fight COVID-19.
