Osinbajo approves NHIS schemes for active NYSC members

The Federal government has started plans to stop the growing number of NYSC members dying in their various states of primary assignment.

It would be recalled that a lot of Youth Corps members died in the last one year due to one illness or another.

In order to put an end to this menace, the Federal Executive Council yesterday, June 29, 2017 approved the inclusion of all NYSC members in the National Health Insurance Scheme NHIS.

This was confirmed by the Health Minister, Isaac Adewole, while talking to state house correspondents after the meeting.

Adewole said: "The other memorandum granted at today's meeting had to do with how the FG would prevent unnecessary deaths among youth corps member across the country. Council has approved the memo that henceforth, we would include NYSC members in the National Health Insurance Scheme across the country and this would guarantee access to quality healthcare across the country, prevent unnecessary deaths and also ensure our youth corps members receive the highest attainable level of care across the country.”