{"id":72228,"date":"2022-09-13T17:24:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T16:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/niger-govt-decries-low-enrollment-into-state-health-insurance-scheme"},"modified":"2022-09-13T19:00:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:00:25","slug":"niger-govt-decries-low-enrollment-into-state-health-insurance-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-govt-decries-low-enrollment-into-state-health-insurance-scheme","title":{"rendered":"Niger govt decries low enrollment into state health insurance scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Niger State Government has decried the low number of enrollees including vulnerable groups, into the state\u2019s Contributory Health Scheme (NGSCHS).<\/p>\n

The state commissioner for Health and Hospital Services, Dr. Mohammed Mohammed Makusidi raise the concerns during a press briefing in Minna.<\/p>\n

He said if the enrollment figure does not improve, the state government would be forced to make it mandatory for parents before their children or wards can be enrolled in school.<\/p>\n

According to him, the scheme was assented and gazetted into law in 2019 to cover 52 disease entities but the registration ha been low.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello is not happy with the current enrollment of 50,145 persons. That\u2019s why very soon before anything is done through the government system such as travelling or for a child to be enrolled in school, the parent must show evidence of registration for the child into the health scheme. And, by this, we expect everybody in the state to enrol when the governor launches it tomorrow,\u201d the commissioner insisted<\/p>\n

The scheme, he explained is mandatory by law and designed to provide coverage for all Niger State residents regardless of their socioeconomic status including workers from the formal and informal sectors and vulnerable groups.<\/p>\n

\u201d The aim of the scheme is to provide access to quality health care services for Niger State residents and reduce or eliminate out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures on health care. It is based on the principle of pooling resources and risk sharing. The NGSCHS has been designed to spread financial risk to all members of the pool. The risk will, therefore, be shared between the healthy and the sick, the young and the aged, the poor and the rich,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

He announced two packages of registration of the health scheme to include a premium of 7,200 per annum and N600 per month, adding that a total of 311 health providers which include 288 public and 28 private have been accredited respectively across the State to offer services to the people.<\/p>\n

He maintained, \u201cthe scheme has a triple effect that includes helping the government to reduce the burden on capital projects, individuals would not need to run looking for money to pay for their medical bills and the health facilities will no longer need to go to the government for funding. The funds accrued to the scheme will be judiciously utilized in a transparent manner and the state government has so far expended the sum of N130 million into the scheme.\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Niger State Government has decried the low number of enrollees including vulnerable groups, into the state\u2019s Contributory Health Scheme (NGSCHS). The state commissioner for Health and Hospital Services, Dr. Mohammed Mohammed Makusidi raise the concerns during a press briefing in Minna. 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