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Gov Ayade launches Health Insurance Enrolment Scheme in Cross River
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By Ike Uchechukwu Calabar
The Cross River State Government has kick-started it’s a health insurance scheme for vulnerable citizens residing in the state.
Gov Ayade, who flagged off the enrolment at the U. J. Esuene Stadium on Tuesday in Calabar expressed gratitude to Professor Mohammed Sambo, the Executive Secretary of Nigeria’s National Health Insurance Scheme for his contributions to the development of the affordable healthcare programme.
He said the exercise signalled an end to the pains and sufferings of the vulnerable while assuring CrossRiverians that the scheme would be affordable.