{"id":24642,"date":"2020-02-19T14:33:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T13:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=24642"},"modified":"2020-02-19T14:33:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T13:33:19","slug":"families-of-fallen-heroes-receive-cheques-from-defence-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=24642","title":{"rendered":"Families of fallen heroes receive cheques from Defence ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <strong>Sumaila Ogbaje<\/strong> (NAN)<br \/>\nMinister of Defence, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd), on Tuesday presented cheques to next-of-kins of the deceased officers and men of the armed forces who died in battle front in 2019.<br \/>\nMagashi personally presented the cheques to all of the 184 beneficiaries of the group life assurance of the armed forces.<br \/>\nHe said the token was for them to settle down, adding that the government could not compensate them adequately.<br \/>\n\u201cWe will continue to pursue the welfare of those in battle front and the families of the deceased.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are here to ensure the welfare and progress of your children especially in the area of their education,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nEarlier the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, represented by the Acting Chief of Defence Administration, Maj. Gen Abraham Dusu, said the scheme was designed to address the plights of the deceased families.<br \/>\nOlonisakin commended the minister for approving and implementing the group life insurance for the military to provide succor for families of deceased officers.<br \/>\nHe added that the scheme was a morale booster for the personnel of the military and their families.<br \/>\nThe Director, Human Resources, Ministry of Defence, Mrs Juwaretu Olumoko, disclosed that a total of 184 beneficiaries were presented with the cheques.<br \/>\nOlumoko said the beneficiaries were next-of-kins of officers and men of the armed forces who died in 2019.<br \/>\nShe added that the scheme was in line with the determination and commitment of the government to cater for the families of deceased personnel.<br \/>\nAccording to her, the amended act of the contributory pension of 2011 excluded the armed forces from the contributory pension fund.<br \/>\nResponding on behalf of the beneficiaries, Cashmere Ndifon, son of one of the fallen heroes, thanked the government for remembering them.<br \/>\nNdifon prayed that the effort of their loved ones who fought and are still fighting would not be in vain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sumaila Ogbaje (NAN) Minister of Defence, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd), on Tuesday presented cheques to next-of-kins of the deceased officers and men of the armed forces who died in battle front in 2019. Magashi personally presented the cheques to all of the 184 beneficiaries of the group life assurance of the armed forces. He [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1048,1049],"class_list":["post-24642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-defence","tag-fallen-heroes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}