LASG widens scope of health insurance scheme - Punch Newspapers

THE Lagos State Government, through the Office of Civic Engagement and Lagos State Health Management Agency, has enrolled beneficiaries of the Mother, Infant and Child Development programme into the state’s health insurance scheme.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Civic Engagement, Aderemi Adebowale, disclosed this, according to a statement, on Wednesday, at an event in Ikeja.

She said, “The Office of Civic Engagement understands that to create a peaceful and safe environment where the government can function optimally, citizens from conception to birth and through adolescence to adulthood must be given a fair chance to live, grow and become responsible individuals.

“This is why we enrolled beneficiaries of the Mother, Infant and Child Development programme into the state’s health insurance scheme also called Ilera Eko.

“Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration, in line with its THEMES development agenda, launched the MICHD programme – a component of the ‘Womb To School Initiative’ – as a preventive rather than curative security measure geared towards making Lagos safer by the year 2052.”

The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who was represented by Dr Olamide Okulaja, said the initiative would also improve human capital development.

“The boundaries of civic engagement must become enlarged to encompass the critical elements of health, security and economy as these are the core responsibilities of any government.

“This initiative can ensure balanced citizens, who are productive members of the society, improve human capital development and cause us all to thrive economically in a safe and secure environment,” he stated.

The General Manager of LASHMA, Dr Emmanuela Zamba, stated that the agency will continue to collaborate with other stakeholders to fulfil its core mandate of providing access to quality and affordable healthcare for Lagosians.