By Cecilia Ologunagba
Abuja, April 9, 2021 The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has inaugurated its flagship initiative, the Groups, Individuals and Family Social Health Insurance Programme (GIFSHIP), in Auchi, Edo, to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UCH).
The Executive Secretary of the NHIS, Prof. Nasir Sambo, said this in a statement signed by NHIS, Head, Media and Public Relations, Mr Emmanuel Ononokpono, on Friday in Abuja.
Sambo, at the event, stated that GIFSHIP was redesigned to extend healthcare coverage to organisations, political office holders, donor agencies, multinational corporations, philanthropists and Nigerians in Diaspora.
The executive secretary said the overall effort of the initiative was to ensure that every Nigerian had access to quality and affordable healthcare.