Health Insurance to Generate N3 Trillion-Dogo-Mohammed - AllAfrica.com

George OnahLagos

NIGERIA's wellness coverage sector would bring forth N3 trillion annually from 2020, Head Executive National Health Insurance Scheme Dr. Muhammad Dogo-Mohammad have said.

Currently, the NHIS have disbursed over N23 billion to healthcare service suppliers registered under it as at 2007. Dogo-Mohammad disclosed at an NHIS/HMO forum in Port Harcourt, yesterday.

Represented by the National Health Insurance Coordinator, South-South, Mr. Nasiru Ilaru, he explained that about 2.5 million Nigerians were currently benefiting from the scheme.

No fewer than 7,850 service suppliers and 39 Health Care Organisations have got registered with the strategy operating in every portion of the country. But he regretted that the Federal Soldier Government's part to the wellness attention bringing system in the state was "grossly inadequate".

"In comparative footing and with other African states Federal Republic Of Nigeria have made the least part to the wellness sector.

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Consequetly, people bear the heaviest load in wellness sector financing" and made a lawsuit for contiguous reversal of the state of affairs in a command to beef up healthcare services in the country.

"The Federal Soldier Government have allocated two percentage of finances in the Consolidated Gross Account to primary healthcare sector.

Accordingly, one percentage of the finances have been approved for usage by the National Health Insurance Scheme."