Over N2.9 billion has been awarded to families of personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) who died in active service.
The NSCDC personnel have been rewarded with payments of over 2.9 billon naira as insurance benefits.
Among the deceased who will benefit from the insurance cover enrolled by the NSCDC are Corps Commander Useni Nauokhi who died of shocks as a result of ambush laid by Boko Haram insurgents in Yobe State.
Nauokhi’s next of kin received a cheque of N12.9 million on behalf of the family from the Commandant General of the Corps, Dr. Ahmed Audi, at the NSCDC Headquarters in Abuja, yesterday.
The daughter of Assistant Commandant General, (ACG) Helen Amakiri Omavvayen also collected a cheque of N23.5 million as benefits for her mother who died in active service last year.
Others were Commandant Isaiah Madina who died in active service in Maiduguri, Borno state. The family collected a cheque of N17.7 million as benefits.
The family of late Commander Sanya Wasiu got N11.4 million, late Commander Ogbonayya Ifeyinwa family got N11.9 million, and the family of Assistant Corps Commander, Peter Lillian got N7.1 million.
Explaining details of the disbursement to senior management officers of the Corps during the Commandant General’s Quarterly Meeting in Abuja, Audi said the disbursement of a total of N2.9 billion covered 150 officers’ claims approved for payments by the government.