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Kwara State Government has enrolled additional 21,750 indigents in free health insurance package for the next one year
Added to 29,000 Kwarans sponsored through the FG-funded Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) which the state invested in, the 21,750 new enrollees bring the total beneficiaries of free healthcare in the state to 51,750 for 2022-2023.
At the official launch of the Phase II of health insurance enrollment in Ilorin on Friday, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said the administration has invested heavily in the procurement of new medical equipment and employment health personnel to boost the state’s capacity to deliver quality healthcare services to an average Kwaran.
He said with the 21,750 indigents newly enrolled into the State free health insurance scheme, the administration was making another landmark achievement in the health sector.
The programme was organized by the Kwara State Health Insurance Agency (KWHIA) under Dr. Olubunmi Jettawo-Winter.
“We are writing another success story of our administration today. Today, we are enrolling 21,750 indigents into our free health insurance scheme. Added to some 29,000 indigents whose subscriptions we have also renewed under the Basic Health Insurance Provision Fund, this brings to 51,750 the tally of people who will access free healthcare for the year 2022-2023. I am glad that thousands of working class people have also subscribed on their own,” the Governor said.
Represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Mamman Saba Jibril, AbdulRazaq said the scheme covers antenatal care, deliveries, surgeries, diabetes and asthma, among other chronic and non-chronic illnesses for the beneficiaries.
Dr. Olubunmi Jettawo-Winter, the Executive Secretary of State f the KW-HIA, said the government had launched the scheme in 2020 to offer quality and affordable healthcare services to all Kwarans, covering at least 10,000 indigents for the take-off.
She said the Agency had between the year 2020 and 2022 performed 107 surgeries, including 48 cesarean sections and 138 deliveries; managed over 200 diabetic and hypertensive cases; with at least 1,324 other services during the period.
She made known that the Governor has approved an additional N100 Million equity fund for this year (2022).
Oba Ismaila Yahaya Alebiosu and Dr. Haliru Yahaya, in their separate remarks, acknowledged that the State is progressing with various developmental projects and people-focused programmes of Governor AbdulRazaq, praying God to continue to guide him aright.
The event was well attended by government officials and first class traditional rulers, including the Kwara First Lady Ambassador (Mrs) Olufolake AbdulRazaq who participated online.
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