Gov. Otti Launches Health Insurance Scheme For Abia Workers

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“So, we are here to launch the Abia State medical outreach and healthcare delivery for all, this is very important,” Mr Obasanjo said.

Also, the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Enoch Uche, described the scheme as a milestone in Abia’s history, saying that it would be contributory.

“The scheme is a contributory payment with the employee contributing five per cent and government the remaining per cent.”

“In the first six months of the scheme, workers would contribute 2.5 per cent of their basic salaries, while government takes care of the remaining 2.5 per cent,” Uche said.

He also said that the government had provided N1 billion as a take-off fund.

He encouraged civil servants to register immediately to benefit from the programme, saying that the outreach would help to reduce patronage of unqualified medical practitioners.

Earlier, the Executive Secretary, Abia State Health Insurance Agency, Dr Chiedozie Egwuonwu, described the initiative as a testament of government’s commitment to improved healthcare.

Mr Egwuonwu said that the scheme would cover both routine healthcare and emergencies.