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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Edo State Government has said the state Health Insurance Compliance Certificate\/Health Insurance Identity Card is mandatory for business registration.<\/p>\n

Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie, said the health insurance certificate is a prerequisite for business premises registrations, renewal and permits for public and private organisations and for obtaining any form of government authorisation in the state.<\/p>\n

Osarodion disclosed this in a statement he signed and forwarded to DAILY POST.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThe Government is committed to improving the social and economic wellbeing of Edo people and calls on the general public to collaborate with the government in achieving her vision to engender sustainable growth and development.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe State Government through the Edo State Health Insurance Commission hereby brings to the notice of the general public that Edo State Health Insurance Compliance Certificate\/Health Insurance Identity Card is now a mandatory document for obtaining any form of Government authorisation which include business premises registration, renewal and permits for public\/private organisations, SMEs, NGOs, etc.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis certificate is a prerequisite for any individual\/business who wishes to carry out any form of government process through any of the Ministries and Government parastatals in Edo State.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsequently, all organisations, private and public, including Non-Governmental Organizations that are yet to obtain the Edo State Health Insurance Commission Certificate are hereby advised to visit Edo State Health Insurance Commission, 6th and 8th Floor, Block C, Secretariat Building, Sapele Road, Benin City, for more information.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Edo State Government has said the state Health Insurance Compliance Certificate\/Health Insurance Identity Card is mandatory for business registration. Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie, said the health insurance certificate is a prerequisite for business premises registrations, renewal and permits for public and private organisations and for obtaining any form […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":52044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,443,254,697],"class_list":["post-52045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-edo","tag-nigeria","tag-obaseki"],"yoast_head":"\nEdo: Obaseki govt makes health insurance certificate mandatory - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Edo State Government has said the state Health Insurance Compliance Certificate\/Health Insurance Identity Card is ma ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-obaseki-govt-makes-health-insurance-certificate-mandatory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Edo: Obaseki govt makes health insurance certificate mandatory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Edo State Government has said the state Health Insurance Compliance Certificate\/Health Insurance Identity Card is ma ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-obaseki-govt-makes-health-insurance-certificate-mandatory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-19T15:54:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-10-19T15:56:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/img-616eea8f67768.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"769\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-obaseki-govt-makes-health-insurance-certificate-mandatory#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-obaseki-govt-makes-health-insurance-certificate-mandatory\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Edo: Obaseki govt makes health insurance certificate mandatory\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-19T15:54:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-19T15:56:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-obaseki-govt-makes-health-insurance-certificate-mandatory\"},\"wordCount\":253,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-obaseki-govt-makes-health-insurance-certificate-mandatory#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/img-616eea8f67768.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Edo\",\"Nigeria\",\"Obaseki\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-obaseki-govt-makes-health-insurance-certificate-mandatory#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-obaseki-govt-makes-health-insurance-certificate-mandatory\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-obaseki-govt-makes-health-insurance-certificate-mandatory\",\"name\":\"Edo: Obaseki govt makes health insurance certificate mandatory - 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