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Ayade flags off health Insurance scheme, promises affordable universal health care in Cross River Ayade flags off health Insurance scheme, promises affordable universal health care in Cross River
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Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, on Tuesday, flagged off the Cross River State Health Insurance Scheme, tagged “Ayadecare,” with an assurance that his administration would ensure that people of the state enjoy quality and affordable healthcare.
To that end, the governor urged the Cross River State Health Insurance Agency, CRSHIA, “to cater for the vulnerable, particularly in terms of their healthcare because you must be people-centred.”
Governor Ayade who spoke at the U.J Esune Stadium, Calabar, venue of the formal flag-off of enrollment into the scheme, appealed to the citizenry and corporate organisations to key into the scheme, saying the goal of his administration was to take healthcare to all parts of the state, including the hard to reach areas where drone
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.