NOA boss tasks Nigerians on national health insurance enrolment

The Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Dr Garba Abari, has charged Nigerians to take advantage of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to access affordable healthcare services.

Dr Abari said this while registering formally for his NHIS with Sunu Health Nig. Ltd, a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) in his office in Abuja.

“I am registering formally as a beneficiary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). It is a scheme that seeks by law to cushion the effects of the high cost of medicines and medications,” Abari said.

He said NHIS is one of the means government tries to take up the burden of expensive medical bills and the general cost of medication. “It has so many levels by which citizens key in and benefit therefrom,” he noted.

Furthermore, the NOA boss said “this is a clarion call for all Nigerians, both those who are working in formal and informal organizations and Nigerians in general to take advantage of NHIS and the opportunities the scheme unfolds for people to benefit, especially at the time of so many diseases tend to afflict not only as Nigerians but generally the world over.

“We need to consistently be on our guard, checking our health status and ensure that at the end of the day, we do not end up with all our savings going for medical bills.

“This is an opportunity actually that I am using to call on all Nigerians to be aware first the existence of this scheme, and to understand what the scheme is all about, to see the different categories of services that are available on the Health Insurance Scheme and choose the appropriate scheme that fits their level and income.”

The representative of, Sunu Health Nig. Ltd, Robert Ukeje, said the scheme avails every Nigerian access to healthcare without paying any money.

“Health impoverishes people all over the world, but with the advent of NHIS, which is a laudable program by the Nigerian Government, it has availed every Nigerian the opportunity to go to the hospital without paying.

“It is a platform for everybody to embrace now, it is very laudable, let us take advantage of the scheme and visit any hospital of our choice,” he added.

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