Nigeria: 'Health Insurance Scheme Key to Affordable Healthcare'

20 September 2016

Awka — The Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Josephat Akabuike, has said that the bill on the State Health Insurance Scheme in the House of Assembly when passed into law will guarantee affordable and quality health care for the citizens.

Akabuike, who stated this at a capacity building sensitization for State Social Health Insurance Scheme (SSHIS) held in Awka, added that the scheme will give the citizenry access to efficient health care system irrespective of their social and financial status.

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