60 Families Of Dead NSCDC Personnel Get N200m Life Insurance Benefits

About 60 families of deceased personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have received over N200 million as life insurance benefits.

Distributing the money to the beneficiaries whose families died in active service in Abuja, on Wednesday, Commandant General of the Corps, Dr. Ahmed Audi, said the 60 families were the beneficiaries of the first tranche of life insurance benefits that were rolled out.

He promised that the agency would ensure that all those who are entitled to such benefits are captured and attended to accordingly.

Audi disclosed that the insurance benefit covers those who died from 2004 till date, adding that the gesture was part of the agency’s drive to make welfare of officers a priority.

He said: “Today, we are celebrating our colleagues who died in the line of duty while serving meritoriously for years. Today, we Recognize all the efforts they have put in while they were in service by giving their life insurances to their next of kin.

“When I was first appointed, we took some giant steps, one of which is the prioritization of the welfare of our personnel in order to build their morale.

“We have realised that when you champion the welfare of staff and improve their living conditions, it will boost productivity and bring about good results”.

While appreciating the Federal Government for supporting the corps by ensuring that the death insurance benefits are paid, Audi advised beneficiaries to make good use of the sums received by investing them wisely.

One of the beneficiaries, Ojo Olusegun, who took home N17 million as his late father’s life insurance, told journalists that the hope of the deceased officers had been brought to life.