President Muhammadu Buhari has directed National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to ensure the enrolment of corps members in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
This was disclosed on Monday by Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim during a briefing in Abuja, the nation’s capital on Monday, November 9.
Ibrahim said the scheme has finalised plans with the NHIS in line with the presidential directive.
NYSC DG noted that with over 300,000 corps members mobilised nationwide per annum, the scheme remains a solid ground to breed future leaders and “drivers of national unity and development”.
He further said that NYSC will now be footing the medical bills of the corps members by expending huge resources on their critical health needs.
Ibrahim expressed;
I wish to use this opportunity to again express our gratitude to the security agencies and other stakeholders for their support. Furthermore, the scheme has concluded arrangement with the NHIS for the enrolment of corps members into the NHIS in line with a presidential directive. We have also expended huge resources on critical health needs of corps members, including footing of medical bills.
The NYSC DG earlier mobilized 66,000 eligible graduates to participate in the 2020 Batch B service year.
The prospective corps members and course officials are also mandated to undergo the COVID-19 test before admission into the orientation camps set to reopen on Tuesday, November 10.
