Kwara Assembly Calls for Aggressive Mobilisation for Community Health Insurance Scheme

Date: 2018-08-09

The Kwara State House of Assembly has called for aggressive mobilisation of residents of the state for the enrolment of community health insurance scheme in order to have access to quality healthcare delivery with payment of token as annual premium.

This was part of the resolutions of the house based on the issue of matter of general public importance, raised by the Chairman, House Committee on Health and Environment, and member representing Kaiama/ Kemanji/Wajebe Constituency, Hon. Ahmad Ibn Mohammed on the need for Kwarans to enroll for the recently launched State Health Insurance Scheme.

Mohammed, had while raising the matter, enumerated the categories of package under the scheme, which according to him, were indigenous, formal and informal packages.

The lawmaker disclosed that the registration exercise was free, while enrollees are only required to pay token as premium annually, to enable them have unfettered access to treatment of every day aliments.

Most of the members who spoke on the matter on the floor of the house eulogised the foresight of the state government in initiating the scheme and called for close monitoring, to ensure the success of the scheme.

The Deputy Speaker, Hon. Matthew Okedare, who presided over sitting of the house, said that, the call for aggressive mobilisation of the residents was based on the need to ensure massive registration for the scheme.

The lawmaker said the development also became expedient so as to enable all and sundry, have access to affordable and qualitative health care delivery in the state.

He added that the house has directed the state Ministry of Information and Communications to embark on aggressive mobilisation and sensitisation of people on the significance of the exercise and why they should enroll for the scheme.

He also enjoined tradition rulers opinion and community leaders in the state, to embark on aggressive mobilization of their people, to enroll for the scheme, whose registration would soon kick off across the state.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Akorede     Kola Ologbondiyan     Jani Ibrahim     Lanwa     Siraj Oyewale     Seni Saraki     Bluenile Associates     HYPPADEC     Usman Rifun     Ajuloopin     Apado     Iyaloja-General     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Ajayi Okasanmi     United Nigeria Airline     Adamu Atta     Na\'Allah     Afetu Of Alabe     PPS     Dan Masanin     Otoge     Dan-Kazeem     Idowu Laro     AGILE Programme     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Share/Tsaragi     Federal Allocation     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Sunday Popo-Ola     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Jimba Babatunde     Baruten     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Trade Lenda SME Fair     AbdulHamid Adi     SARS     Ajibike Katibi     Suleiman Mora Omar     Gbemisola Saraki     BECE     Shola Odetundun     Adesoye     Garba Ado Sanni     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Oyelere Oyinloye     Manzuma     Ridwan Agboola     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Oba Abdulrahim     Offa Metropolitan Club     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Baboko     Just Event Online     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Ilorin.Info     Pategi     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Kassim Babamale     Innocent Okoye     Omar Bolaji Gambari     Shuaib Olarongbe     EndSARS     Quran     Isau     Sa\'adu Gambari     Kabir Shagaya     Jelili Yusuf     Hakeem Lawal     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Riskat Opakunle     CT Ayeni     Bamidele Adegoke     Toyin Saraki    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Olomu     Khairat Gwadabe     Demola Banu     Kola Adesina     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Muhammed Aliyu     Wahab Isa     Ahmad Uthman     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Ibrahim Mashood     Saraki     Bank Of Industry     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Abdulkarim Adisa     Curfew     Afetu Of Alabe     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Umar Gunu     Jamiu Oyawoye     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Tunde Saad     John Kehinde Salako     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Kale Bayero     Ayodele Olaosebikan     UITH     REO CAKES     Abdulwaheed Musa     Garba Idris Ajia     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Igosun     College Of Health     Ajia-Bako     Okin Biscuit     Femi Gbajabiamila     Sunday Fagbemi     IsDB     Rafiu Ibrahim     Gambari     Dele Momodu     Obayomi Azeez     Emir Of Shonga     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Funmilayo Mohammed     IYA YUSUF     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Alore     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     3MTT     Ahmad Lawan     Idris Garba     Abraysports FC     Yusuf Ali     Ayinke Saka     Kubra Kazum     Raji AbdulRasaq     Lawan     Olawuyi     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Eleja     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Michael Nzwekwe     Olatomiwa Williams     Transition Implementation Committee     Bolaji Nagode     IPSAS     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Www.Kwarareports.com     Haliru Yahaya     Sadiq Umar     Amusa Bello