Umar Akilu Majeri
Over 240,000 people in Jigawa state registered with Executive Secretary Jigawa State Contributory Health Management Agency for human health development across the 27 local government areas in the state.
This was disclosed by the Executive Secretary Jigawa State Contributory Health Management Agency, JICHMA, Dr. Nura Ibrahim Salisu Kazaure in an interview with newsmen in his office.
The secretary said over one million people in the state have benefited from JICHMA activities in the state.
Dr. Nura further state that the agency has been able to activate its portal in which as of now the agency has discovered that over 250 people has conducted their registration with JICHMA in the state.
This registration comprises formal sector and non-formal sector which includes wealthy individuals and groups of politicians as well as organised private sectors.
He added that people below 18 years are exempted from the programme due to their age.
He, therefore, called on the wealthy individuals and politicians to come out and assist the poor who cannot have the access to health care services to pay for their registration.
“We have the money that we will cover over 46,000 communities in the state that is why we are soliciting for people and politicians to come and assist the less privileged in the society to have a free health care system.
He added that JICHMA is using 132 health facilities across the 27 local government areas in the state, as each political ward has one facility, he stated that Jigawa state is the leading state among the 36 states of the federation in terms of health facilities
The state has 49 functional health facilities with 279 basic health care facilities that are managed by JICHMA in the state.
