By Damilola Adekoya
Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) has urged corp.
members, to participate in the Group Personal Accident (GPA) insurance scheme,
which will insure them on some peculiar risks, stressing that they will also be
entitled to some other medical benefits.
Speaking at an event, organized to introduce the insurance
scheme to National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), The national president of
NARTO, Alhaji Kazeem Bafaiya, who was represnted by his deputy, Chief Ayoola Sadiku, said that the
scheme was one of the association’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and
that it is in partnership with NEM Insurance PLC.
He explained that the reason for the establishment of the
insurance scheme is as a result of some social vices, which corp. members face
during their service year.
“The decision to introduce this scheme is borne out of corp.
members, who have been exposed to various life threatening hazards,
excruciating experiences and other social vices”. He said.
Sadiku, who also said that the scheme, which also allows for
corp members to subscribe with 5,000naira, will enable them enjoy free
emergency evacuation to any hospital of their choice in Nigeria and treatment
of medical injury, which costs up to 500,000 thousand naira.
He also emphasized that cost of medicines, operations fees, surgical
appliances, and hospital charges, incurred with any injury by any type of accident,
either water or air, will, will also be settled by the scheme.
He
however called on the government, both on the federal, state and local levels,
to key into the vision, and make the subscription of the insurance sheme, a
policy for corp members who are their indigenes and those serving within their
states.
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