The Zamfara State Health Contributory Management Agency (ZAMCHEMA) is set to receive a N1 billion injection from the 14 local government councils to expand free healthcare services for vulnerable residents.
A statement issued in Gusau on Saturday according to News Agency of Nigeria said the contribution will cover 89,232 poor individuals across the 147 political wards of the state.
The document was jointly signed by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Ahmad Yandi; the state chairman of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), Sama’ila Moriki, and Chief of UNICEF Sokoto Field Office, Michael Juma.
“In a bid to augment the donors’ funding gap towards achieving Universal Health Coverage in Zamfara, the Local Government Councils of the State have committed to invest N1 billion to be paid to the State Health Contributory Management Agency (ZAMCHEMA),” the statement read.
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The decision was reached after a two-day advocacy meeting on domestic funds mobilisation for the informal sector health programme held in Birnin Kebbi.
The statement, however, noted that, beneficiaries will be drawn from the National Social Register, with the initiative targeting children under five, adolescents, orphans, pregnant women, persons with disabilities, and the elderly.
It added: “This substantial investment is aimed at achieving better health outcomes for the poorest and most vulnerable individuals in Zamfara. The programme will cover children under five years, adolescents, orphans, pregnant women, persons with disability, and the aged.”
The scheme will commence once Governor Dauda Lawal and the state Ministry of Justice approve the memorandum of understanding (MoU), to be signed by the Commissioner for Local Government, the ALGON chairman and ZAMCHEMA.
