Kogi State Health Insurance Agency (KGSHIA), under the vulnerable group health insurance programme, has enrolled about 31,491 persons across the 21 local government areas of the state.
The Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr Aledare Adekunle, made this known, on Wednesday, during a media parley with newsmen.
He noted that another 120 pregnant women have been enrolled under Senator Smart Care.
According to him, the bill establishing the agency was passed into law on November 18, 2018, and the state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello assented to the law in April 24, 2019.
He said that the state government was committed politically and financially to the agency evidenced by the befitting office space, releases for capacity building of the staff, study tour, accreditation of facilities, development of operational guidelines for the agency, training of accredited service providers and sensitisation of relevant stakeholders.
Dr Adekunle stressed further that in the last one year and five months, the agency has been able to develop health programmes to rapidly scale up the health insurance coverage of the residents of Kogi State.
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