04/12/2025
KWALI AREA COUNCIL STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGEMENT
The Ag. Director of the FCT Health Insurance Scheme (FHIS) Dr. Salamatu Belgore has urged enrollees particularly, leaders of Nigerian Union of Teachers - NUT, Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees - NULGE to enlighten their members on benefits of health insurance.
She revealed that the scheme prevents financial hardship by reducing out of pocket expenditure for accessing health care as provide qualitative and affordable healthcare.
Dr. Belgore who spoke at the ongoing Stakeholders Engagement across the six Area Council in the FCT held in Kwali reassured her commitment to improving access to quality health care for FHIS enrollees.
Earlier, Head of Planning Research and Statistics - PRS, FHIS, Pharmacist Adedeji Fatai tasked FHIS enrollees to always seek for knowledge of the Scheme's activities on its website to familiarise themselves with all the services rendered.
He pointed out that reading FHIS publications such as benefits package, drugs list would make them current and also aid them to defend their rights at health facilities when the need arise.
Responding to a complaint that enrollees were given substandard drugs in the hospitals, Pharm. Adedeji narrated that, the Federal government considered drugs affordable to average Nigerians which are categorised as generic, and serve same purpose with branded ones.
He added that branded drugs were higher in price than the generic stressing that both gave equal results as there is a basic minimum standard that all drugs must reach before they are being administered.
The last stakeholders engagement will take place in Abaji Area council of the FCT on Thursday 4th of December, 2025 as the event has already taken place in 5 area councils earlier.
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