Health
YOBE State Contributory Health Care Management Agency (YSCHMA) has enrolled over 200,000 people in the scheme.
Dr Babagana Tijjani, Executive Secretary of the scheme, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Sunday that the enrolees comprised of state and local government workers.
Tijani said the state and local government councils would contribute 3.25 per cent of the workforce salaries’ while the employees would contribute 1.75 per cent of their salaries.
According to him, the benefits of the scheme include coverage of all minor and major surgical operations, hospitalisation in secondary health facilities and immunisation.
He said that the scheme would allow pregnant women and children below the age of five, the aged and vulnerable persons to access efficient healthcare services.
The executive secretary noted that the Federal Government’s Basic Healthcare Provision Fund Programme introduced in the state would complement the agency’s informal programme, targeting the poor and vulnerable people.
“Our goal is to make our people have equal access to qualitative healthcare services delivery,” Tijani said.
On workshop organised for the informal sector of the scheme, Tijani said the agency organised the workshop in Kano to validate the informal sector programme.
– MAY 03, 2021 @ 09:13 GMT
