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Osun approves N150m grant for healthcare insurance
The Osun State government on Monday announced that the sum of N150 million had been approved as take-off grant for the state Health Insurance Scheme.
Executive Secretary of the Osun Health Insurance Scheme (OHIS) Dr. Niyi Ogini, broke the news to newsmen in Osogbo.
Ogini noted that the Governor Gboyega Oyetola administration had made provisions for equitable grants from state, local government areas (LGAs) and local council development authorities (LCDAs).
He said the local governments are being captured in the 2019 Budget.
He quoted the governor as saying, “The grant would be used for the establishment of Osun Health Insurance Business and Zonal offices across the 68 LGAs and the LCDAs.
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“The grant is also for employment of ad-hoc personnel, provision of operational vehicles, conduct of vulnerable research and enrolment of the vulnerable population among others; installment of necessary ICT infrastructure for health insurance operation as well as conduct advocacy and sensitisation of different sectors of population with capacity-building.
“The state government had released the circular for the commencement of deduction of premium of 1.5 per cent of basic salary of public servants and also three per cent contribution of government to public servants premium which is to be prepared with their salaries.”
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