Yobe health agency seeks support towards informal insurance enrollment in Fune LGA
Story from Sa’adatu MAINA, Damaturu
As part of ongoing efforts in enrolling informal groups into the Yobe State Contributory Health Scheme, under the informal sector programme, Yobe State Contributory Healtcare Management Agency (YSCHMA)’s management team, led by its Executive Secretary, Dr Babagana Tijjani, was at the office of the Executive Chairman of Fune local government area, Hon. Baba Goni Bade, to inform him about the commencement of the programme in his area and to solicit his support towards educating and sensitising the people to embrace and enroll.
Represented by the Director, ICT, YSCHMA, Saleh Ibrahim Bade, the YSCHMA boss informed the chairman that they were in his office on an advocacy visit in order to seek his support and cooperation towards the planned enrollment of 80 people in Fune LGA into the informal sector programme based on money donated by a Philanthropist amounting to the sum of one million naira (N1 million) as his personal donation for the enrollment of vulnerable and less privileged individuals and groups into the programme.
According to him, the philanthropist who is an indigene of Fune local government area directed that the money donated be used to enroll the targeted groups in the local government area who do not have access to basic and quality healthcare services.
While commending the kind gesture made by the philanthropist, the executive secretary said “This is a charity work that requires the collective efforts of concerned persons for the interest of our people”.
He also informed the LGA chairman that beneficiaries selected from different communities in the two constituencies of the LGAs are expected to be enrolled into the YSCHMA programme in line with the criteria set out to ensure that only people who are qualified are enrolled into the scheme.
In his response, the Executive Chairman, Hon. Baba Goni Bade, represented by the Vice Chairman of the LGA, Hon. Alhaji Musa Yusuf Bakoro, commended YSCHMA management team for their efforts in implementing the health policy agenda of Governor Mai Mala Buni’s administration.
He said, “We are now seeing the benefits of being enrolled into the YSCHMA contributory health schemes because people are now accessing affordable and quality health care services in YSCHMA accredited and engaged health facilities across the nooks and crannies of the local government area”.
He also applauded YSCHMA for their regular monitoring and supervision of all YSCHMA engaged and accredited health facilities across the state.
“We will assist your Advocacy by reaching out to political leaders in the LGA and encouraging them to enroll their people into the informal sector programme”, he asserted.
“It is more better to enroll people into a very important healthcare programme like the informal sector programme than giving out money to people unnecessarily”.
“We would educate and sensitise our leaders and other people of our various communities within the LGA on the importance of the scheme”, the chairman added.
He also stated that the Advocacy visit was timely, thanking the YSCHMA management team and assuring them of the local government council’s continuous support and cooperation at all times.
Also speaking during the advocacy visit, the Director of Standard and Quality Assurance of the agency, Dr Isah Adamu, said the informal sector constitutes the largest sector of the economy in the country, and for Yobe to achieve universal health coverage (UHC), the informal groups need to be enrolled into the scheme in order to meet the set target by the state.
He also urged that, for Yobe to achieve universal health coverage (UHC), all hands must be on deck, hence the need for advocacy visit.
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