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FG enrolls 110,000 Military Veterans into NHIS

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September 22, 2023
Bello Matawalle, Minister of State for Defence
Bello Matawalle, Minister of State for Defence

FG enrolls 110,000 Military Veterans into NHIS

The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has said that no fewer than 110,000 military retirees have been enrolled into the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

Matawalle made the disclosure during an interactive session with military retirees groups hosted by Defence Health Maintenance Limited (DHML), on Thursday in Abuja.

The theme: “Advancing the health care of Military Veterans ” to consolidate on the gains of last year meeting.

Speaking during the one-day interaction, the Minister said the DHML has so far captured about 110,000 (One Hundred and Ten Thousand retired military veterans as enrollees on her database.

Represented by Dr Olajide Johnson, the Director, Health Services, Matawalle restated the Federal Government’s committment towards providing adequate healthcare for both serving and retired military personnel.

He further added that efforts is being put in place to ensure illnesses not currently included in the Benefits Package for the health insurance cover of the military veterans would be covered in due course.

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On his part, the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the DHML, Surgeon Rear Admiral Azeez Bayo Afolayan (Rtd), noted that the meeting was aimed at sensitizing the representatives of the various military veteran groups on the  Benefit Package available to their members, the necessity of enrolling on the DHML database and the eligibility criteria for prospective enrollees.

According to him, the first meeting which took place on 3 March, 2022 with 16 groups saw an upsurge in enrollment by military retirees with DHMl after the interaction.

He further stated that DHML recently created the new Department of Care Coordination to further ensure seamless access to healthcare by the DHML enrollees in the various hospital and medical centres where they may be accessing healthcare.

Afolayan also said the meeting was able to clear misconceptions on eligibility and benefits packages.

He noted that the core mandate of the DHML is to ensure that all military personnel, both serving and retired, their spouses and 4 biological children below 18 have easy access to good and qualitative health care services.

PRNigeria  reports that DHML is currently partner with over 200 military Healthcare Providers as well as over 2000 civilian Healthcare Providers across the country.

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