22,000 to benefit from NG-CARES in Taraba

Yobe State government has enrolled 70,000 residents in the 2022 Expanded Free Healthcare Delivery (EFHD) scheme across the state. Of the number, 50,000 are vulnerable persons affected by the Boko Haram terrorism that claimed many lives and property.

Unfolding, the healthcare scheme at the weekend, in Damaturu, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mohammed Gana, disclosed that the scheme was aimed at harmonising the free healthcare delivery programme to the people.

According to him, the scheme is implemented under the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF). His words: “It is a free drugs revolving scheme with equity for our 50,000 vulnerable persons affected by insurgency, who are unable to afford healthcare services at the grassroots.

“The expanded scheme is essentially about bringing all our free healthcare services under an umbrella of delivering services to the people.”
In sustaining the scheme, he said the state government paid 3.25 per cent of civil servants’ medical bills under the formal sector contributory programme in 2020.

IN Taraba State, over 22,000 persons will benefit from the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES), says Governor Darius Ishaku.

The Guardian gathered that the programme, designed by the Federal Government and the World Bank, was to help cushion the harsh impact of the pandemic on the country’s economy.

The governor, who stated this at the weekend, during the in-house capacity building workshop for Taraba NG-CARES staff, also disclosed that no fewer than 300 homes would as well benefit from the programme.

Through his Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Solomon Elisha, the governor said the training has become necessary to equip stakeholders with the knowledge to carry out their task without hitches.

According to him, the state became eligible to participate in the programme after the World Bank had reviewed and assessed her and confirmed that all the requirements for meeting all the conditions for participation had been put in place.

Earlier, the National Coordinator, NG-CARES, Dr. Abdulrahman Obaje, who described Ishaku as an “evidence-based governor”, expressed optimism that the programme would see the light of day in Taraba.