Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, announced the signing of a comprehensive Health Insurance Executive Order. Similarly, the Ogun State government launched a health insurance scheme, designed for the formal sector, comprising civil servants, public servants, and workers in the organized private sector.
Briefing journalists in Lagos, the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi detailed the key provisions and goals of the transformative policy adding that the initiative is designed to significantly improve the health outcomes for Lagos State residents.
Abayomi said: “The initiative aligns with the objective of the National Health Insurance Authority Act 2022 – making State level social health insurance mandatory to achieve Universal Health Coverage, UHC.
“Social health insurance, universally practised in various forms, has numerous socioeconomic benefits. It pools contributory funds and spreads risk across a large group, minimizing individual financial exposure and enhancing protection.”
Similarly, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, who spoke at the official launch of the scheme held at the Obas Complex, Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, disclosed that his government would pay 50% of the premium for every worker who registered on the scheme.
Abiodun, who was represented by his Deputy, Mrs Noimot Salako-Oyedele, said: “I hereby reassure all public servants that their well-being will remain a priority in the government’s development agenda, as demonstrated in our payment of a N100 million counterpart fund.”
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