Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State has approved the commencement of Phase-2 enrolment of 11,718 poor and vulnerable citizens into the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF), scheme across the 17 local government areas of the state.
Dr Babagana Tijjani, the Executive Secretary, Yobe State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency, disclosed this on Monday in a statement in Damaturu.
Tijjani said the Phase 2 electronic enrolment process, which targeted 11,718 beneficiaries, would be conducted at the ward level by BHCPF.
He noted that the agency had already enrolled 10,782 beneficiaries under Phase-1 of the exercise, which made the total number of the beneficiaries 22,500 across the 17 states.
Tijjani said the aim of the programme was to reduce maternal, neonatal, and children under five mortalities towards the attainment of the global target.
“The scheme will, in addition, ensure that emergency medical conditions receive the urgent care they deserve to minimize mortality and morbidity from these conditions.”
He also said the state government had fulfilled all financial, technical, and policy commitments for the implementation of the scheme in the state.
The primary target group, according to him, are pregnant women, children under five, aged above 85 years, physically challenged, orphans, and the poorest of the poor amongst the indigenes of the state.
