He has not been engaged in any overtly hostile activities that may be legitimately deemed to be inimical to the interests and the political agenda of the country rsquo;s main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
NHISThe National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is to digitalise its services before the end of this year, the Executive Secretary of the organisation, Prof. Mohammed Sambo, announced in Abuja on Sunday.
Sambo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the digitalisation was part of initiatives to herald the birth of what he tagged electronic-NHIS or e-NHIS. x
The executive secretary, who is the latest top government functionary to feature at the NAN flagship forum, said that the management of NHIS had already developed a framework to achieve the e-NHIS policy.
According to him, e-NHIS is a major reform that is being seriously pursued by the NHIS management to change the way the scheme does its business completely.
Sambo made the disclosure at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Sunday. x
He said that all workers in Federal Government agencies had been captured in the NHIS, which he said, had enabled the company to achieve UHC in that regard.
According to him, the development has made workers to access quality healthcare without having to bear financial hardships.
He explained that the Formal Sector Programme of the NHIS included federal civil service workers and those in uniformed services. x
The executive secretary noted that NHIS was responsible for Federal Government agencies, while state insurance agencies would take care of state government workers.
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Mohammed Sambo, the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), says the agency has achieved Universal Health Coverage (UHC) of the nation’s formal sector.