NBA, NHIS collaborate to provide health insurance for lawyers

THE National Health Insurance Scheme ( NHIS) is partnering the Nigerian Bar Association ( NBA) to provide health insurance coverage for about 100,000 legal practitioners across the country.

This was the outcome of a courtesy visit led by the NBA President, Mr . Olumide Apata on the executive secretar y NHIS, Prof. Mohammed Sambo, at the Scheme’s headquarters in Abuja.

Head, Media & Public Relations Division, NHIS, Emmanuel Ononokpono who disclosed this in a statement, noted that the NBA and the NHIS during a courtesy visit led by the NBA President, Mr . Olumide Apata on the executive sec - retar y NHIS, Prof. Mohammed Sambo, agreed to work out details that will lead to la wyers receiving healthcare coverage under the Scheme.

The NBA President expressed confidence that the partnership between both organisations was bound to yield better quality of life for members of the association, noting that health insurance remained the best option for avoiding paying out- of- pocket for healthcare.

He stated that though the NBA already had life insurance policy whereby relations received specified sum of money at the death of members, there was the need for health insurance, to ensure good quality of life for members of the association.

Recalling a personal experience of the benefit of health insurance when he was in need of medical attention, Apata emphasised the necessity for lawyers to have health insurance due to the stressful nature of their work, adding that he had made health insurance a campaign promise.