Workers at risk as government delays insurance premium payment

The Federal Government may have been tacitly telling its workers that they are “on their own” as it delays in renewing the Group Life Insurance Policy (GLIP), with N15 billion worth of claims alleged to have been lost.

Months after GLIP cover expired, insurance operators have been calling on the government to renew the premium to protect the lives of over 89,000 civil servants against industrial hazards in the place of work.

Group life insurance is undertaken by the Federal Government through the Office of Head of Civil Service of the Federation on behalf of the civil servants for their protection against unforeseen circumstances, such as death and disabilities associated with industrial hazards, while in active service.

Meanwhile, investigations revealed that the Federal Government still owed about N2.1 billion, amounting to 38 per cent as outstanding premium for 2017 Group Life Cover of its workers across the country.

The Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Lagos State Chapter, Comrade Adelakun Idowu, in an interview with The Guardian, over the weekend, blamed federal government for not renewing the policy, which has been expired since April this year.

The Guardian, December 24, 2018

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