The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier-General Yusha’u Ahmed has presented an insurance cover cheque to the family of late Corps Member, Juliana Oreoluwa Aina who lost her life in a Bus Rapid Transit vehicle that was crushed by a train in Lagos State, South-West Nigeria in March this year.
This is in demonstration of the scheme’s pragmatic posture towards the welfare of Corps Members.
The Director General of NYSC while speaking with the parents and siblings of the deceased at their home in Abuja, the nation’s capital, extended the sympathy of the entire Management, Staff and Corps Members to the family.
“All of us in the NYSC family received with great shock the news of the sudden death of our dear sister. Please accept our deepest condolences. We have equally received volumes of condolence messages from far and near when the unfortunate incident occurred,” he said.
He thereafter presented two cheques to the family; one from NYSC’s insurance company, Capital Express Assurance Limited and the other from the late Corps Member’s Health Management Organization.
Earlier, the Scheme’s Director of Corps Welfare and Health Services, Mr Ayodele Omotade Folorunsho, while stating the essence of the Director General’s visit to the family said that NYSC has a tradition of presenting cheques to next-of-kins of Corps Members who lost their lives in the course of National Service.
Responding on behalf of the bereaved family, father to the late Corps Member, Mr Oluwafemi John Aina thanked the Director General and his team for identifying with his family in their moment of grief.
