By Ogalla Daniel
The Kogi State Government, says it has enrolled 167,000 persons to its health insurance scheme to achieve the Universal Health coverage in the State.
The Executive Secretary, Kogi State Health Insurance Agency, Adekunle Aledare, disclosed this on Monday in Lokoja shortly after defending the Agency’s 2025 budget.
He added that the agency is projecting to enrol additional 150,000 persons into the health insurance scheme in 2025.
According to him”We have the mandate to ensure that all residents of Kogi State have access to quality and good health care services without suffering financial hardship while going for those services”.
He charged Kogites to embrace health insurance, adding that, it remains the best way to achieve Universal Health coverage.
“With health insurance, the People’s health is assured. We are prepared to ensure that the People of Kogi State have access to good health services without suffering financial hardship. Nobody deserves to be pushed into extreme poverty after an episode of payment for hospital expenditure.
“We don’t expect people to become poor as a result of paying for health services. That is why they need a prepayment mechanism which is health insurance to provide them financial protection and to give them mental and financial peace so that they can have quality life” he stated.
