Zamfara State Government through the state Contributory Healthcare services Management Agency (ZAMCHEMA), has registered 70, 000 civil servants for the contributory health scheme.
The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Dr. Yusuf Abubakar disclosed this to newsmen after a planning meeting with stakeholders ahead of the take off of the scheme in Gusau.
He said the planning meeting drew stakeholders including the Head of the state’s Civil Service, Alhaji Kabiru Balarabe, the Commissioner of Health, Alhaji Yahaya Kanoma and representatives of the state government’s ministries, departments and agencies as well as leaders of the labour union.
He said, “soon after the executive governor of our state, Alhaji Bello Mohammed Matawalle inaugurated the agency on 1st of September, 2020, we mobilized into action even as we had initial takeoff logistics issues.
“At the moment, we have met almost all the requirements of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency and we are fully ready to kick start with the formal sector which is made up of the state’s civil servants and local government workers.
“Under this category which is kown as the formal sector, we have enrolled over 70,000 beneficiaries while arrangements are ongoing in the enrollment of beneficiaries from the non-formal sector,” he stated.
According to him, the agency would use the United Nations Social Register to identify vulnerable persons in the society who would include children under five years of age, women of child bearing age, persons with special needs, the aged as well as victims of disasters such as armed banditry who were internally displaced.
The executive secretary who appreciated the effort of Governor Bello Matawalle for supporting the agency also appealed to the state government to provide it with logistics and other operational resources for smooth operations.
