NCS partners with health insurance providers to enhance officers’ healthcare (Pictures)

May 24, 2024

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NCS partners with health insurance providers to enhance officers’ healthcare (Pictures)

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Monday, 20 May 2024, flagged off a sensitisation programme with Songhai Health Trust to enlighten officers on the benefits of accessing the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

In a flag-off sensitisation programme with the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) and Songhai Health Trust Ltd at the Nigeria Customs Service Headquarters in Abuja, the Comptroller-General of Customs, represented by the Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs in Charge of Human Resource Development, Greg Itotoh, declared that the NHIA is a means of offering officers high-quality healthcare.

“This is a way of providing quality healthcare services to officers that are affordable and stress-free. It is an insurance program that NCS makes mandatory contributions. This is the reason why we want every officer to key into it and make the best use of the incentives provided by the government because whether we make use of it or not, Nigeria Customs Service pays, and that is why we don’t want to be wasting that money,” he stated.

He further stated that the team of medical units of the NCS would go around different zones, commands, and other customs formations to sensitise officers on the scheme’s benefits.

Meanwhile, the Comptroller of Customs (Pharmacy), Abdulkadir Mohammed, who is also the Desk Officer NHIA, said it is a program introduced by the government for the healthcare of citizens, and it is designed to pull resources for appropriate healthcare delivery.

Furthermore, Deputy Manager Operations of the Songhai Health Trust, Dr. Rotimi Anlemi, while speaking, outlined how the scheme operates, educating officers on the benefits of the scheme.

See pictures below: