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Health Insurance: FCT to set-up desks in markets to boost enrolment

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By Gistflash News

Aug 7, 2021

The FCT Health Insurance Scheme (FHIS)  on Saturday announced plans to set-up insurance desks in major markets of the territory to boost enrolment into the scheme.
The FCT Director of the FHIS, Dr Ahmed Danfulani, disclosed this to newsmen during a sensitisation campaign on the need for residents of the federal capital to embrace the scheme.
Danfulani said the sensitisation campaign was designed to capture the informal sector.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the sensitisation campaign took-off from FHIS Office in Central Area, Abuja, down to Garki and Wuse markets.
Danfulani said that a lot of people believed that health insurance was only made for civil servants or the formal sector.
“This sensitisation is meant to change that believe and encourage people from the informal sector to key in,” he explained.
He said that the agency was out to enlighten the people that the scheme was not only for civil servants but for everyone, regardless of the kind of job such a person was doing.
Danfulani noted that majority of Nigerians were unaware of the scheme and its benefits.
“We need to come and sensitise them so that they will also benefit from the health insurance, especially from all the goodies that health insurance carries.
“There are so many challenges that are already on ground as regards the provision of services between FHIS and the National Health Insurance Scheme, owned by Federal Government. We are here to correct some of these notions.
“We are aware of some of these challenges and we are working on them, these are part of the reasons for the sensitisation,” he said.
On the aspect of response to the scheme, Danfulani stated that enrolment had improved in the recent time, compared to the records in the last two to three years.
He said the last two to three years only witnessed the registration of many FCT civil servants, adding that individuals as well as companies are now registering.
He therefore encourage individuals, particularly residents of FCT, to go and register with just N13,500 and enjoy all the healthcare benefits within the period of one year.
Mrs Jamima Abulele, the Manager of Garki market, Abuja Market Management Ltd (AMML), thanked FHIS for the public enlightenment.
She said that the idea would encourage many Nigerians to access healthcare.
“This will assist every Nigerian, particularly the less privileged in the FCT. It will make them to have access to quality healthcare; we appreciate this innovation.
“It is not easy for people to have access to quality healthcare with just token money, with this now, you will have access to all that you desire,” she stressed.
Hajia Rabi Abdullahi, a beneficiary of the scheme for the past two years, commended FHIS, noting that the benefits are wonderful.
She commended the initiative, saying that she had not encountered any challenge since she started patronising FHIS.
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NCDC announces 210 additional COVID-19 cases, two deaths in 24 hours

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Sept 26, 2021

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says the country recorded two more COVID-19-related deaths with 210 additional cases in the last 24 hours.

The NCDC, in its latest update on Sunday morning, said the cases were reported in 12 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

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It indicated that the country’s total infection from the pandemic currently stands at 204,201 while the fatality toll increased to 2,673.

It also noted that six states – Benue, Kano, Nasarawa, Plateau, Sokoto and Zamfara – recorded no new cases.

The breakdown shows that Lagos remains the nation’s epicentre of the virus with 79 cases, followed by Edo with 20 new infections and Anambra third with 19 cases.

Other states are Rivers (18), Ondo (15), Gombe (14), Oyo (13), Kaduna (11), Ekiti (8), Delta (6), FCT (5), Bayelsa (1) and Kano (1).

The NCDC stated with the new figure, a total of 192,421 patients have so far recovered from COVID-19 in the country.

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It added that over 2. 9 million samples of the virus from the nation’s roughly 200 million population have been tested.

The NCDC noted that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continued to coordinate the national response activities.

The agency stated that the number of active COVID-19 cases in the country stands at 9,098.

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NHIS, NYSC sign MoU for corps members’ health insurance cover

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Sept 7, 2021

The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to give corps members health insurance cover during service.

The MoU was signed by the Executive Secretary of NHIS, Prof. Mohammed Sambo and the Director-General of NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, in Abuja on Tuesday.

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Sambo said that it would ensure that corps members were integrated into the scheme to enable them to properly access healthcare during their service year.

“We are working on the presidential mandate on leaving no one behind in the health insurance scheme.

“So, today, it is big step to ensure that corps members are integrated into the scheme, this will expand coverage ratio of the scheme and also access to health facilities for corps members,’’ Sambo said.

According to him, for the purpose of continuity the corps members after their service year will enroll on what is called kinship programme.

He said that the corps members would migrate from the NYSC insurance to kinship where a token is paid and when they are employed they would join the formal sector programme.

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Also speaking, the D-G of NYSC said that the MoU was in line with presidential directive that corps members should be enrolled in the scheme.

Ibrahim said that such directive showed that the government was concerned about the health of corps members in the country.

According to him, such gesture will encourage the corps members to carry out their service properly.

Ibrahim said that MoU would address the financial burden of the members in terms of health.

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COVID-19: Nigeria’s total infection toll now stands at 195,052, with 2,522 fatalities

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Sept 5, 2021

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) says the country’s total infection toll now stands at 195,052, with a fatality toll of 2,522.

The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Sunday morning, adding that Nigeria recorded 27 more Coronavirus (COVID-19) related deaths and 964  new infections from 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

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The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the 964 fresh cases reported on Saturday indicated an increase from the 444 cases posted on Friday.

The public health agency noted that Lagos State, the country’s epicenter of COVID-19, reported 456; Ondo followed with 180, while Edo recorded the third highest infection with 66 cases.

Amongst others are: Rivers (62), Niger (26), Akwa Ibom (25), Ekiti (22), Kwara (22), Oyo (22), Kaduna (17), Delta (14), Benue (12), Gombe (9), Plateau (9), FCT (8), Jigawa (5), Ogun (4), Bayelsa and Nasarawa (2) each, and Bauchi (1).

The agency also noted that the country’s active coronavirus cases in Nigeria were 10,026, with a total of 182,463 cases successfully treated and discharged after recovery as of Sept. 4. 

The NCDC said that over 2.7million samples of the virus out of the nation’s roughly 200 million population were tested.

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The agency said that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) activated at Level two continues to coordinate the national response activities.

Meanwhile, the NCDC noted that with the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in the country, Nigerians must all do their part to help minimise instances of exposure.

The agency stressed that every COVID-19 related death was a reminder of the damage COVID-19 could cause when it gets into the  community.

While urging Nigerians to get vaccinated, it stressed that the COVID-19 was causing severe illness in people of all ages.

The centre therefore advised Nigerians to get vaccinated now to protect themselves, their friends and community from the virus.

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