Nasarawa
State government has revealed plans to establish an agency to manage the state
health insurance scheme for civil servants in the state.
Briefing
newsmen in Lafia yesterday during the Annual General Meeting of the state
chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Governor Umaru Al-Makura said he has released the sum of N40
million for the establishment of the agency.
The
Governor said that government would also provide enabling environment for the
private sector to participate in the scheme with a view to increasing access to
healthcare delivery.
He said
that a bill to that effect was already before the State House of Assembly,
adding that the efforts would ameliorate the health burdens of the people of
the state.
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