On Tuesday, an official of the National Health Insurance Scheme announced that the agency has received ‘the larger part’ of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund .Uchenna Ewelike, the technical adviser to the overseeing director of the NHIS, at an event held to celebrate the achievements of the outgoing 8th assembly, said the scheme received N6.5 billion from the BHCPF and would soon commence disbursement to states.
The BHCPF was mostly meant for providing adequate care and services at the Primary Health Care level, mostly for the vulnerable population so as to reduce out-of-pocket expenses.The NHIS is supposed to receive 50 per cent while the National Primary Health Care Development Agency gets 45 per cent. The remaining 5 per cent was meant for outbreaks and emergency responses.
The official said the health ministry is responsible for selecting states eligible to access the fund. “It is intended for the 36 states and the FCT but because the act made provision for a counterpart funding of N100 million, some of the states are yet to comply.”“If you pay money you cannot monitor, it will go to waste. This accountability mechanism is already enshrined in the law.”in the BHCPF, said Mr Adewole, while appearing before the Senate plenary on Tuesday.
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