NBA Urges Branches To Mobilize Members To Enroll For NBA/NHIS Health Insurance Scheme
The NBA President and the National officers have observed that many of the branches are not doing enough to mobilize their members to enroll on the GIFSHIP health insurance scheme.
The National Welfare Secretary, Kunle Edun Esq. made the statement available to The Lawyer on Tuesday.
He said “The NBA had earlier paid N50m for the pilot scheme that will include 1000 of our members as beneficiaries. The NBA National Welfare Committee has been working hard to ensure that branches submit the list and properly completed forms of their nominees to be enrolled on the scheme.
“As the Welfare Secretaries of your branch, you were made automatic members of the three- man Committee set up by the NBA President in all the 125 branches to nominate members that will be part of the 1000 beneficiaries under the pilot scheme. How far have we carried out this assignment? Did we follow up with the beneficiaries nominated by the branches and ensure that they all duly completed their forms and submitted same?.
“In fulfillment of the promise of the Olumide Akpata’s led administration, the NBA set up a Health Fund to cater for urgent and critical cases of our ailing members where such members may not be of good standing with the NBA but are critically ill.
“To ensure that our members take full advantage of the immense health benefits provided by the GIFSHIP scheme, we will be taking some measures that will make our members to consider their health as very important and therefore, do the needful by enrolling on the GIFSHIP scheme. Some of the measures to be taken will include the following:.
“The NBA will no longer entertain any request from any member for any assistance on any health issue except that member proves or it is shown that he is a registered enrollee of the GIFSHIP scheme.
“The NBA will take steps to discourage public fundraising for our sick members because the NBA has already made provisions that will address the health needs of our members. Therefore, no member will be allowed access to the NBA Health Fund except he is first shown to be an enrollee on the GIFSHIP scheme.
All branches are hereby further reminded and urged to mobilize all their members to enroll on the GIFSHIP scheme. It is just 15k per person. All necessary information has been published and will be re-circulated. However, pls call the under-signed should you have any question or need further clarifications.
