The Director General of the Cross River State Health Insurance Agency, Dr. Godwin Iyala, has disclosed that no fewer than 38,680 residents across the 18 local government areas of the state had so far enrolled into the Scheme out of the 150,000 target for this year.
Speaking while giving an update on the agency’s activities and performances in the last one year, Iyala said the enrolment followed the migration of the Health Insurance Agency to the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCF) 2.0 “which makes it compulsory for every enrolee to have a National Identification Number (NIN) to keep track of Nigerians on the scheme.”
“Because of this,” he said, all those who enrolled before the implementation, but had no NIN had to be removed, adding that the number “reflects only those who have NIN.”
Iyala also disclosed that CRSHIA had digitalised all its processes to ensure easy access to effective healthcare services for enrollees, which had so far improved efficiency and transparency.
The DG attributed the feats the agency achieved over the years to the support from Governor Bassey Otu and his wife, Bishop Eyoanwan Out, who, he said, had been branded Ambassador of the Cross River State Health Insurance Agency.
“I want to thank Her Excellency who is one of our biggest supporters, for single handedly paying for and enrolled 500 aged persons into our scheme,” he said.
