Skip to main content

FG Enrols NYSC Members Into NHIS

September 25, 2018

Kazaure said NYSC had established partnership with consultants from the Federal Ministry of Health to ensure the corps members key into the scheme.

Image

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said the Federal Government has enrolled corps members into the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

Suleman Kazaure, Director General of the NYSC, made the disclosure in Akure, while addressing journalists shortly after the opening of the 2018 NYSC annual management conference held in Ondo State on Tuesday.

Kazaure said NYSC had established partnership with consultants from the Federal Ministry of Health to ensure the corps members key into the scheme.

The NYSC Director-General also explained that the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) will now afford the corps members access to quality healthcare service.

He said: "The Federal Government has approved the enrolment of all NYSC members into the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and I can tell you that we are good to go.

"We are already into a collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health to ensure good medical services for all corps members and we have consultants from Federal Medical Centres in each of our orientation camps."

Topics
PUBLIC HEALTH