From Ahmad Mohammed,Bauchi
45,000 people in the 323 wards in Bauchi State are to benefit from the allocation of support for healthcare services in the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF) National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Gateway services.
The Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir stated this in Liman Katagum when he flagged off the disbursement of funds to the center at the Primary Health Center in Liman Katagum. He said that his administration will continue to accord priority to effective and qualitative health care delivery services across the state.
Governor Bala said those to be enrolled in the scheme are under 5 children, the aged in the various communities, pregnant and nursing women, students and other vulnerable individuals within the communities.
Represented by his Deputy, Senator Baba Tela, the Governor lamented that accessing healthcare services especially by the not too wealthy people has become a problem stressing that some even sell or mortgage their properties in order to access quality healthcare services.
He said that the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has further compounded the health issues as it brought every aspect of life to a standstill thereby reducing access to healthcare delivery services across the country including Bauchi State.
Governor Bala said that the allocation to the state came nine months after its approval.
He said it has come and it must be utilised, assuring that it will be disbursed according to the guidelines by the NPHCDA.
