The Federal Government Nigeria says it has paid a total of N9 billion to fourteen insurance companies as group life insurance premium for health workers that are engaged in the fight against the spread COVID-19 pandemic disease in the country.
This was confirmed to the media yesterday by Senator Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment.
Ngige said that the federal government considered the contribution of health workers in the current effort to contain the pandemic very critical and is ready to provide for their welfare.
“The federal government has paid N9 billion to 14 insurance companies for group life insurance for all health workers in the federal public health institutions and there is also a top-up for some categories of the health professionals,” Ngige said.
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The federal government also said that it has paid N4 billion to health workers in the federal teaching hospitals and federal medical centres in the country as part of the implementation of the recently signed Memorandum of Understanding it entered into with unions in the health sector.