By Judd-Leonard Okafor
Each of the 250 health workers on Nigeria's Ebola contingent to ravaged countries on the continent will get insurance cover amounting to N71.749 million, the federal government has announced.
The announcement came as the contingent trained in Lagos on Monday ahead of their departure tomorrow to assist efforts to contain Ebola in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, where the virus has killed thousands of people.
The insurance package promised by the federal government provides $96,016 in cover for personnel accident and disability, $190,000 in medical expenses and $100,000 benefit to be paid to beneficiary in case a volunteer dies.
Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Linus Awute, said the government would provide "all it takes" for its contingent to work with the highest possible standards.
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