Gov Eno set to alleviate high healthcare costs for Akwa Ibom residents

Source: Pulse

The Gov. Umo Eno-led administration says the state health insurance scheme will come on stream in June to enable Akwa Ibom people to have easier access to healthcare services. 

The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Augustine Umoh, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Uyo on Friday while speaking on the government’s achievements in the first year in office. Umoh said that the essence of the scheme was to lift the burden of the exorbitant cost of healthcare services from families. He said that the governor remained quite passionate about the health and well-being of the people.

He said “This is clearly evident in the governor’s primary healthcare programmes across the state.   The health insurance scheme will be a long-term intervention aimed at giving our people access to healthcare services. The processes leading to the inauguration of the health insurance have been concluded. A bill to establish the scheme has been passed, and the Executive Secretary of the Agency has been appointed."