83m poor Nigerians will benefit from new health insurance scheme ―Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that 83 million poor Nigerians will gain from the National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2022 he just signed into law.
The Informant247 had reported that President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2022.
The repealed National Health Insurance Scheme Act Cap N42, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 was replaced with the National Health Insurance Authority Act 2022.
While signing the bill into law, President said there would now be funds set up “to ensure coverage of 83 million poor Nigerians who cannot afford to pay premiums as recommended by the Lancet Nigeria Commission.”
The spokesperson of the president, Mallam Garba Shehu, also quoted Buhari as saying: “For the large number of vulnerable individuals who are not able to pay health insurance premiums, a Vulnerable Group Fund will be set up to include a component of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund due to the Authority, Health Insurance Levy, Special Intervention Fund, and any investment proceeds, donations and gifts to the Authority.”
The president said that there would be collaboration with state government’s health insurance schemes to confirm the existence of primary and secondary health facilities and get Nigerians enrolled into the scheme in order to ensure quality delivery of health care.
