Ondo State Contributory Health Commission (ODCHC) has been applauded by their Oyo State counterpart, Oyo State Health Insurance Agency (OYSHIA) during a three- day study tour to the Agency.
While welcoming the team led by the Director-General, Dr. Abiodun Oyeneyin alongside the Consultant on Health Insurance, Dr. Funso Ani in Ibadan, the Oyo State Health Insurance Agency saluted the good works that ODCHC has done in the area of Abiyamo Maternal & Child Health Insurance Scheme and the Basic Health Care Provision Fund Programme in Ondo State.
The Executive Secretary of OYSHIA, Dr. Sola Akande while taking the team on a tour to various Departments within the Agency enjoined that all hands must be on deck in entrenching Health Insurance to achieve Universal Health Coverage.
Reacting, the DG, Dr. Abiodun Oyeneyin lauded Oyo State Health Insurance Agency for changing the face of Health Insurance in the State through the successful implementation of the formal & informal sector schemes. He also praised their effort in the innovative way the Primary Healthcare Centers are being renovated through the insurance scheme.
While commending the leadership of the Executive Secretary for his passion and commitment in navigating all manners of obstacles to bring affordable and accessible healthcare to the State, the DG reiterated the need to have a regional integration whereby enrollees can receive healthcare services in any of the sister States in the South West region through their insurance plans.
Foyeke Kolawole
Press Officer (ODCHC)
