NHIS issues ID cards to NBA members

As part of efforts towards restoring stakeholders’ confidence, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has issued identification cards to deserving members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).

With the cards, the beneficiaries can access health care without making payment at the point service.

The cards were issued to members of the association, enrolled to access health care under the scheme.

Deputy General Manager, Press, NHIS, Emmanuel Ononokpono, said the event took place during a brief ceremony at the scheme’s headquarters in Abuja.

Executive Secretary of NHIS, Prof. Mohammed Sambo, said with the cards, Nigerians would have confidence that the scheme was committed to efficient service delivery, noting that the document was a kind of contract evidence that would strengthen the faith of lawyers and other beneficiaries in the system.

The President of the NBA, Olumide Apata, said health insurance was critical for development in any society, adding that the association was considering the prospect of facilitating the enrolment of its over 100,000 members nationwide.

Apata, who led a delegation of senior lawyers and beneficiaries to the occasion, expressed optimism that health insurance would ensure that lawyers discharge their routine professional duties in good health.

The NBA had, last year, enrolled 1,000 of its members in health insurance, with a pledge to scale up the number.