Governor Oyetola Endorses Osun Health Insurance Scheme.

The State Governor of Osun, Mr Gboyega Oyetola has endorsed the Osun Health Insurance Scheme (O’HIS), designed to achieve the objective of accessibility, availability and affordability of quality health care delivery for the people of the state, including the vulnerable to the poorest.

Governor Oyetola made the endorsement at the courtesy visit paid to him in his office, by the team of Osun Health Insurance Scheme led by the Executive Secretary for the agency, Dr Adeniyi Oginni.

The Governor affirmed that health is wealth, stating that workers and all other people in the state doesn’t have to go far to get adequate health care, this according to him is to complement the effort of the government in the recent revitalization of 332 primary healthcare centers, with one healthcare center located in each local government ward in the state.

While adding that this is to allow not too much of migration from primary to the secondary and tertiary health institution, Governor Oyetola restated that his government is committed to the healthcare of the people by providing an enabling environment approved with support of counterpart funding and grant by the government.

As a government, we are committed to providing an enabling environment with the approval of grant, payment of counterpart funding, approval to roll out and other necessary contribution needed to support the healthcare delivery for the people’

He stated that access to quality healthcare with insurance scheme is accepted and practiced nationally and internationally for the benefit of the people and approved to roll out, called on Osun citizens to benefit immensely from the scheme, targeted to promote healthy living which tend towards long life.

Osun Governor Gboyega Oyetola (center) flanked by Dr Adeniyi Oginni and Osun Health Insurance Scheme team.

We encourage everyone to key into it,

because everybody knows that health is wealth, this is not about government just doing this service to healthcare, but for everyone to have a very healthy state, and I urge all of us to benefit immensely from the Health Insurance Scheme, because good health makes people to live longer’.

The State of Osun Governor reiterated his commitment of priority of the welfare of the good people of Osun, particularly on healthy living, while urging everyone to wholeheartedly accept and benefit from Osun Health Insurance Scheme (O’HIS) to enjoy free medical health care at reduced cost. 

Dr. Adeniyi Oginni informed Governor Gboyega Oyetola in his presentation that 127,000 vulnerable have been captured for the Osun Health Insurance Scheme while he commended the government for the attention paid on provision of adequate healthcare system for the people of the state.

The scheme according to him is to ensure that the cost of using medical services does not put people at the risk of financial harm, adding that the scheme covers common ailments such as malaria fever, minor injuries, reproductive health services, child delivery, caesarean section and selected surgical operation.