…Says FG approves 17 underwriters for Tinubu, others for 2025-2026 life insurance coverage
By Funmi Adams
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), Mrs. Didi Walson-Jack, has stated that Federal Government has given approval for the appointment of 17 insurance underwriters for the group life assurance cover for 2025 to 2026 for its workers.
This is coming even as she expressed concern, saying that in as much as this policy had existed throughout this administration and even previous administrations, we find that not too many people know about the policy, she added.
Speaking at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting last week in Abuja, Walson-Jack, said President Bola Tinubu Administration places the welfare of staff, specifically the welfare of the federal public servants as priority.
According to the HCSF, the group life insurance scheme is a scheme whereby the federal government has taken out a life policy on each public servant.
She explains further: “This means that if the unfortunate incident of death occurs, the deceased public servants Next of Kin (NoK) stands to have a benefit to help the family, cushion the family at that time of loss.
“This year, the group life assurance scheme covers key government officials comprising Mr. President, the Vice President, the Chief of Staff, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Ministers, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Permanent Secretaries and Staff of Federal Government Ministries and Treasury Funded Agencies, that is the extra-ministerial departments and agencies as well.”
The scheme, according to her, also covers the paramilitary agencies such as Nigerian Immigration Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Nigeria Correctional Service, the Federal Fire Service, Federal Road Safety Corps, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and the Office of the National Security Advisor.
The group life assurance scheme is an annual one and today’s approval was for the 2025-2026 policy year, adding that the policy would commence from the date of payment of premium to underwriters in line with the no premium, no cover policy.
Walson-Jack, said: “I would just like to quickly take you through the actual approval for today.
“The approval for today was for the appointment of 17 insurance underwriters for the group life assurance cover and for the year 2025-2026 as I had earlier mentioned.
“And the premium is paid to the insurance companies for the duration of 12 months. So this policy will expire next year.
“I would just like to say that in as much as this policy has existed throughout this administration and even previous administrations, we find that not too many people know about the policy.
“And so we have from my office even planned to carry out a sensitization which will be coming up very soon.
‘But I’m so happy to be given the opportunity today to talk about this policy. And I ask that please, it would be very good to give this wide coverage because this policy affects every public servant including most of you seated here.
“So on this note, I would like to thank you and to say that this administration has placed welfare of the public servant very highly so that no diseased public officer’s family should be left without succur.”
