Umpire and Referees Association of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) has presented a cheque of N250,000 to the family of deceased Umpire, Saidi Raji, who died earlier this year as the body through its Chairman, Olufemi George, presented the compensation cheque to his family.
The deceased, married to a former national table tennis player with three sons joined the association in 2008 following his death of cancer on Feb. 7 was described as a passionate and committed member of the association when he was alive.
“Saidi Raji was one of us before he passed on to glory; he played his part when he was alive. He was a committed and intelligent umpire. While he was alive, we took a bold decision as an association to put up a group life insurance cover with ARM Insurance.” Olufemi said.
“He was one of the front runners, who came to me to appreciate the policy, promising that he would encourage others to partake, not knowing that he would be the first beneficiary, today, his family is here to receive the benefit,” he said.
According to George, the insurance benefit is the first of its kind in the association while also imploring NTTF to ensure that ping pong players and coaches players get insured.
Ganiyat Erinmilokun, alongside her son, Abdulwaris Raji, thanked the association for the kind gesture of presenting an insurance benefit to her.
