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All the local government councils in Zamfara State, have committed to invest N1,070,782,080 to be paid to the Zamfara Contributory Health Management Agency (ZAMCHEMA) as capitation fees for the free healthcare services to the 89,232 poor individuals across the 147 political wards of the state.
This was part of the resolutions reached between UNICEF and the 14 Local government councils of the state at the end of a two-day advocacy meeting on domestic funds mobilization for the scaling up of the health contributory programme for the informal sector held at the AZBIR hotel, Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State.
This action, it was learnt, is a bid to augment the donors’ funding gap towards achieving Universal Health Coverage in Zamfara, which would enable the agency to offer free healthcare services to 89,232 poor individuals across the 147 political wards of the state.
According to a communique issued at the end of the meeting, signed by the State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Engineer Garba Ahmad Garba Yandi, State ALGON Chairman, Samaila Hussani Moriki, and Chief of UNICEF Sokoto Field Office, Michael Juma, the initiative is part of a broader effort to assist those who lack the financial means of access to basic healthcare services.
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The statement maintained that the beneficiaries of the programme would be selected from the National Social Register, specifically targeting 2% of the poor and vulnerable individuals identified in the Register.
“This substantial investment is aimed at achieving better health outcomes for the poorest and most vulnerable individuals in Zamfara State.
“The programme will cover children under five years, adolescent, orphans, pregnant women, persons with disability, the aged, and is expected to commence as soon as the Memorandum of Understanding on the programme is approved by the state Ministry of Justice, the State Governor, and formally signed the Commissioner, ALGON, and ZAMCHEMA,” they stated.
