The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has announced plans to collaborate with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to provide health insurance cover for lawyers.
The plan was revealed during a courtesy visit by the NBA President, Olumide Apata and his team to the Executive Secretary, NHIS, Prof. Mohammed Sambo, in Abuja during which the professional body and NHIS agreed to work out details of the healthcare coverage under the scheme.
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Mr. Apata expressed confidence that the partnership between both organisations was bound to yield better quality of life for members of the association, noting that health insurance remained the best option for avoiding paying out-of-pocket for healthcare.
“Although the NBA already has life insurance policy whereby relations received specified sum of money at the death of members, there is the need for health insurance to ensure good quality of life for members of the association,” he said.
Prof. Sambo, in his response, underscored the imperatives of working together, adding that partnership with the association held prospects of going beyond enrolment of lawyers to members of the association serving as opinion moulders for the scheme.
