The Katsina State Government says it has enrolled 386,289 people in the state's contributory healthcare scheme.
Nasir Lawal, Director of Planning, Research and Statistics of the state Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (KTSCHMA), disclosed this in Katsina on Friday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Lawal said this in a presentation at the quarterly meeting of the Social Protection Technical Working Group (TWG).
The meeting was organized by the state Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, with the support of UNICEF, Kano Field Office.
According to him, 262,261 beneficiaries have been enrolled through the formal sector, while 83,870 people are under the scheme through the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF).
Mr. Lawal explained that more than 22,491 clients were also enrolled through the UNICEF-GAVI FUND/KTSCHMA MoU in eight zero-dose local government areas, with another 17,667 beneficiaries through the Clinton Health Access Initiative.
The KTCHMA representative said that no fewer than 12,205 children under five years of age were also registered, while 3,786 pregnant women were also availing the scheme.
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He noted that the state government has also registered 59,056 most vulnerable people in the system, another 4,938 with disabilities and 3,885 elderly people.
He noted that the state government had drawn up guidelines to ensure accountability on how contributions would be used.
“The guidelines stipulate that KTCHMA submits a quarterly program report of its activities in the operational thematic areas of the plan.
“The report should provide an overview of the monitoring and evaluation of the plan from January to August 2024, under the leadership of the Director General, Mohammad Tukur Ibrahim.
“It is also to highlight the successes achieved, the challenges faced and recommendations for improvement.”
He explained that KTCHMA recently received another disbursement from the BHCPF for another registration in August 2024, which is ongoing.
The director also said that the scheme had enrolled the entire Katsina State Community Policing Corps with one clerk and over 3,000 sickle cell clients.
“We also managed to enroll 7,000 newly recruited employees of the state's Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in the scheme, paying capitation and fee-for-service to all healthcare providers without any outstanding charges.”
During the meeting, Fatima Musa, Social Policy Specialist at UNICEF Kano Field Office, presented a paper on planning and budgeting for results-based social protection.
(YAYA)