The group life insurance claims mandated by President Bola Tinubu would benefit no fewer than 6,732 relatives of Nigerian Army servicemen.
Relatives of individuals who died while serving between 2011 and 2022 are the recipients.
Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, director of Army Public Relations, said this in a chat with our correspondent on Wednesday.
There are around 6, 732 beneficiaries of the group life insurance, he stated. Between 2011 and 2022, this.
Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Army Staff, revealed on Wednesday that Tinubu has ordered that any outstanding Group Life Assurance payments due to the families of deceased servicemen be made without delay.
The head of the Army observed that because premiums were past due, the insurance firms refused to pay the claims.
He claimed that in an effort to provide the families of the fallen servicemen some relief, the president had cleared all backlogs.
We have a backlog of claims from the years 2012 to 2022, when they were unpaid and some persons lost their lives while serving the country, according to Lagbaja. Therefore, the insurance companies are not free to pay claims for unpaid premiums, which is why the federal government decided to take action at this time to clear the backlog and provide comfort to the families of our fallen colleagues.
