President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2022 into law.
At the signing of the new law, the President said that a Fund will be set up “to ensure the coverage of 83 million poor Nigerians who cannot afford to pay premiums as recommended by the Lancet Nigeria Commission.”
The President announced that the Authority will collaborate with state government Health Insurance Schemes to accredit primary and secondary health facilities and enroll Nigerians into the scheme in order to ensure the delivery of quality health care.
