Kwara sets aside N200m for health scheme

Date: 2018-07-13

Kwara state Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on Thursday said his administration has set aside an initial sum of N200 million for funding of the state health insurance scheme.

The fund is tagged Kwara State Health Insurance Fund.

Governor Ahmed spoke this in Ilorin, the state capital at the launch of KHIS, adding that the scheme provides low, affordable premium and associated quality healthcare.

He said that the scheme would take his administration closer to dream of universal healthcare for the people.

"With daily contribution of N25, no more will citizens and residents of Kwara State be unable to access critical treatment because they cannot afford to pay hospital fees or buy prescribed drugs", he said.

The governor also said that his administration was committed to contributing 1 per cent of annual Consolidated Revenue Fund to subsidize premiums and service delivery to those considered part of the poorest in the society.

"Furthermore, we are boosting the Scheme with 40 per cent of funds received through the "Saving One Million Lives Performance for Results Initiative"—an initiative of the Federal Ministry of Health, supported by the World Bank and targeted towards the improvement of maternal and child health in Nigeria" he said.

Governor Ahmed also said that benefit packages of the health insurance scheme include preventive, and curative components of health care delivery, adding that it would have minimum standards of care and service from participating health care facilities in the public and private sector.

In her speech, the executive secretary of the scheme, Dr. Olubunmi Jetawo-Winter, said that registration of enrollees would commence on August 2, 2018 in all the 193 political wards in the state.

Also speaking, Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ali Ahmad, enjoined political office holders to bankroll contribution of enrollees to enable people in the grassroots to benefit.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Kwara State Pension Board     JSSCE     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Illyasu Abdullahi     Yahaya Muhammad     Ajayi Okasanmi     Tunji Olawuyi     Nigerian Medical Association     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     MAI Akande     John Mayokun Dada     Toyin Sanusi     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     John Olajide Adedipe     Babatunde Idiagbon     Gurei     KWAFFA     Ahmad Uthman     Christopher Odetunde     Tafida Of Kaiama     KWTV     Lanre Jimoh     Omu Aran     Abdullahi Biffo     Congress For National Consensus     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     CBT     Lithium Deposit     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Olatunji Ayeni     Gbugbu     Olaiya Lawal     Jimoh Akani     Funke Adedoyin     Age AbdulKareem     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Wole Oke     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Smart School     Buari Edun     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Shehu Salau     Albert Ogunsola     Kulende     Quarry Royal Valley     Abikan     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Maigidasanma     Yaru     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Mogaji Aare     Revenue Court     Sardauna Of Ilorin     KSIRS     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     CKNG     Segun Olawoyin     Oko Erin     Bluenile Associates     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Seun Bolaji     Kwara State Governor     Kwara State Polytechnic     Suleiman Idris     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Joseph Alex Offorjama    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Umar Adelodun     Seun Bolaji     Onilu     Dan-Kazeem     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Jimoh Bashir     3MTT     Orire     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Oluronke Adeyemi     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Al-Ilory     Olaiya Zuberu     Eghe Igbinehin     Moshood Mustapha     Dankaka     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Oro Grammar School     Elekoyangan     Rebecca Bake     Harrison Osauwagboe     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Aliyu Sabi     Ilorin Metro Park     John Olajide Adedipe     Imam Gambari     Azeez Bello     Tosho Yaqub     Ilorin Airport     Babaloja-General     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Ramat Oganija     John Kehinde Salako     Moji Makanjuola     RTEAN     Modibo Kawu     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Democracy Day     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     General Hospital, Ilorin     Yunus Lawal     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Facemasks     Yakubu Gobir     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Abatemi-Usman     20 Billion Bond     Abdulwahab Ololele     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Dele Belgore     John Olobayo     KWIRS     Mutawalle     Marufat Oladosu     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     PPS     CLAY POT     Kwara Apc     Olatinwo     Muazam Nayaya     Bello John Olanrewaju     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Kwara Metro Park     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Musa Yeketi     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Isiaq Khadeejah     Ajike People Support Centre     Abikan     Jare Olatundun     Abubakar Usman Jos     Tsaragi     Abubakar Aliagan     Bukola Ajikobi     Alfa Modibbo Belgore