President Bola Tinubu Has Directed The Immediate Payment Of Insurance Entitlements Of Fallen Soldiers

The immediate payment of insurance benefits owed to the families of officers and soldiers who died while defending the country has been ordered by President Bola Tinubu.

Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Army Staff, announced this on Tuesday in Abuja at the start of the Combined Second and Third Quarters COAS Conference.

The welfare of soldiers and their families, according to Mr. Lagbaja, is of utmost significance. He promised to consolidate all current welfare programs in order to improve the welfare of soldiers and their families and keep them focused on their jobs.

"In addition to providing befitting living quarters for our personnel, we shall ensure the newly introduced 'Affordable Home Ownership Option for All Soldiers Scheme' designed to provide affordable and high-quality post-service homes for our soldiers work.

"We shall also ensure that our injured warriors get the best medical care and continue to support the widows and next-of-kin of our fallen heroes."

Mr. Lagbaja expressed his gratitude to President Tinubu for ordering the immediate settlement of all outstanding insurance claims owed to the families as well as for his strategic leadership of the Armed Forces.

"On behalf of the officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army, I want to reiterate our unalloyed loyalty and pledge our total commitment to the defence of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria," he said.