Tag: HEALTH INSURANCE

Kaduna: ‘Only 10% of population are covered by health scheme’ — KADCHMA DG

Aminu Imam
KADCHMA

Kaduna State Contributory Health Management Authority, (KADCHMA), has lamented that only 10% of the Kaduna population are covered by the scheme despite media campaigns and community engagements. This was disclosed by the Director-General of the KADCHMA, Abubakar Hassan during the flag-off campaign for the informal sector held at the headquarters of the state Ministry of Health. Kaduna contributory health scheme targets the informal sector for universal coverage. Hassan said the scheme has achieved full coverage in the formal sector, particularly among government employees and their families, asserting that reaching those…

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Universal Health Coverage: President Buhari signs National Health Insurance Authority Bill into law

Aminu Imam

83m poor Nigerians to enjoy coverage President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law, the recently passed National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2022, repealing thereby, the National Health Insurance Scheme Act, (Cap N42) Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. President Buhari said, at the signing of the new law, that a Fund will be set up to ensure coverage of 83 million poor Nigerians who cannot afford to pay premiums, as recommended by the Lancet Nigeria Commission. He further elaborated on how the Fund will be sourced, saying: For the…

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Corps members to benefit from health insurance NHIS

Aminu Imam

The Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Mohammed Sambo, has announced that the agency has developed a framework to extend health insurance to members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The disclosure was made by Sambo while speaking at a forum of the newsmen in Abuja, where he said that the gesture was to boost the Universal Health Coverage (UHC). This follows a presidential directive on the enrollment of NYSC members into the NHIS scheme, with both government agencies collaborating to ensure that funding for…

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Tertiary students in Kogi to enjoy health insurance

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Plans are underway by Kogi State Government to enroll students under the states Tertiary Institution Contributory Health Insurance Programme (TICHIP), as part of its commitment to improving quality healthcare delivery in the state. Executive Secretary, Kogi State Health Insurance Agency (KGSHIA), Dr Aledare Adewale, said this at a sensitisation meeting with the Heads of Kogi tertiary institutions, on Friday in Lokoja. Adewale noted that the TICHIP was a model designed for students of the state-owned and private tertiary institutions to improve their access to quality health services. According to him,…

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