28/09/2025
๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐
๐๐ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ-๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ โ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ผ๐๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ก๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น๐
We are raising our voice today against a silent crisis that threatens the lives of millions of Nigerians under HMOs and NHIS.
One of our enrollees in ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ visited the same hospital ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ for malaria treatment. Each time, he was given drugs that did little or nothing. He returned weaker, frustrated, and nearly lost his life.
Why? Because he was treated like a "๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ-๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐" the moment the hospital discovered he was on ๐ก๐๐๐ฆ/๐๐ ๐ข ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป.
Instead of proper medication, he was given ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ โ drugs that the hospital itself knew would not work.
Instead of proper care, he was dismissed quickly because he wasnโt a "cash patient."
At the end, he had to ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ who gave him the right medication and care. What the hospital brushed off nearly cost him his life.
This is not an isolated story.
โข Across Nigeria, ๐๐ ๐ข ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐.
โข They wait longer.
โข They get fewer drug options.
โข They are often treated with disdain simply because they are under a corporate health plan.
๐ According to recent surveys, ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ฌ% ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ ๐ข ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ต-๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐.
๐ Malaria โ which still kills ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ โ is often poorly managed under these biased practices.
This cannot continue.
We are calling on:
โข The Federal Ministry of Health
โข NHIS Authority
โข Civil Society Groups
โข The Nigerian Media
โฆto look into this ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ข patients.
Nigerians deserve better.
We cannot keep paying for health insurance only to be treated like beggars in our own hospitals.
๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐?
๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ?
๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐?
It is time for change.
It is time for accountability.
It is time for every Nigerian โ whether paying cash or using HMO โ to be treated with dignity.