By Dayo Omoogun
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Youth Service Corps to ensure the enrolment of corps members in the National Health Insurance Scheme.
The Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim disclosed this on Monday during an interaction with the media practitioners in Abuja.
“The scheme has concluded arrangement with the NHIS for the enrolment of corps members into the NHIS in line with a presidential directive.”
He added that the NYSC has also deepened its partnership with security agencies in a bid to ensure the security of corps members wherever they are serving in the country.
“I wish to use this opportunity to again express our gratitude to the security agencies and other stakeholders for their support.”
According to him, with the annual mobilisation of over 300,000 corps members, the NYSC no doubt, “remains the most critical platform for mentoring Nigerian youths as drivers of national unity and development.”