The Nigerian Senate says it will ensure the full implementation of the newly signed 2022 National Health Authority Act, which makes health insurance mandatory for all Nigerians.
Chairman Senate Committee on Health, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe said this at a press briefing organized in collaboration with the World Health Organization held at the National Assembly complex on Monday
According to the lawmaker, the National Health Insurance Authority Act is expected to repeal the National Health Insurance Scheme Act (NHIS) (2004).
The new legislation will provide promotion, regulation as well as integration of health insurance schemes in Nigeria.
Oloriegbe said the new agency (National Health Insurance Authority) will provide data on health schemes in Nigeria including state insurance schemes
The new act makes provision for a vulnerable group fund which will be sourced from basic health care provision fund, health insurance levy, special intervention fund allotted by the government and appropriated to the vulnerable group , grants, donations, gifts and voluntary contributions.
Editor Oloyede Oworu
