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Nationwide campaign on genuine third-party motor insurance begins

The campaign for third-party motor insurance policy and how to verify it has begun. The campaign christened: ‘’Third party motor insurance works, get it use it’’ begins in Lagos and is expected to spread throughout the country.

Addressing a group of insurance of journalists in Lagos to kick start the campaign, the Insurance Committee through its Communication and stakeholders’ management committee Mrs Ebelechukwu Nwachukwu who is head of the insurance sub-committee explained that the aim of the campaign is to educate Nigerian motorists on need for genuine third-party motor insurance policy and how to authenticate it.

According to Mrs Nwachukwu, the campaign is expected to run for about three weeks and would go hand in hand with efforts by Nigerian Police to enforce policy uptake, as well as, increase public awareness nationwide.

She informed that the campaign would run simultaneously on various media platforms, spanning radio, television, newspaper and the social media for a period of three weeks

She condemned the increasing number of fake third party-motor insurance in the country adding that percentage of valid motor insurance in the country was below 30%. Nwachukwu however, said ‘’a central platform for all licenced operators would be put in place to guide buyers to the right source.’’