The Katsina State Coordinator, National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Abubakar Dabo, says the 2022 Batch ‘B’ Stream II corps members in the state are entitled to free health-care services through out their one year mandatory service.
Addressing the corps members at a lecture on Thursday, Dabo explained that the programme was in line with Federal Government’s plan to achieve good health for all in the year 2030.
He said that the NHIA package, in collaboration with NYSC, was aimed at providing Corps members with free access to basic health care services similar to other formal sectors enrolees.
However, according to him, beneficiary corps members have been excluded from paying the 10 per cent co-fees to be accessed at accredited healthcare providers for the service period.
Dabo said, “with the formal sector programme, the enrollee pays 10 per cent cost of their treatment at the point of dispensation of drugs.
“But, for the Corps members, they will not pay anything because the package has already been fully paid for by the Federal Government.
“Whenever the need arises, the corps member only needs to go to the health centre with the NYSC identity card, to be attended to.”
