NYSC Begins Compulsory Health Insurance, Mobilises 66,000 For Orientation
The President, Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to ensure the enrolment of corps members in the National Health Insurance Scheme, the Director General of the NYSC, said on Monday. The NYSC DG described the scheme as “the most critical platform for mentoring Nigerian youths as drivers of national unity and development.” The DG also disclosed that the NYSC had mobilised 66,000 graduates from across the country for the 2020 NYSC Batch “B” exercise scheduled to begin on Tuesday (today). At the event, the Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, said corps members would be tested free for COVID-19, above all, there would be holding areas set up for isolating and treating those who test positive in the camps.”