Oluwo Offers Shelter For Good, Repentant Fulani Herdsmen

THE Paramount Ruler of Iwoland, HRM Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has disclosed Iwoland has the best species of herdsmen in South West, Nigeria, assuring peaceful, symbiotic co- existence. He described the relative peace and mutual understanding between the Yoruba and Fulanis in his domain as enviable, saying Iwo is ready to host willing repentant herdsmen. Oba Akanbi stated that Iwoland is the highest host of Fulani herdsmen in Osun State. The Oluwo assured farmers in Iwoland of mutual understanding with herdsmen, saying he is making arrangement to revisit his education of the Fulanis on ranching management.

He said the potent dosage for Yoruba- Fulani peaceful co- existence is in Iwo, asking the good, willing and repentant herdsmen to visit his palace, as he promised to properly integrate them with the Seriki Fulani of Iwoland.

NIGER State Contributory Health Agency ( NGSCHA) has disclosed that necessary machineries have been put in place for the take- off of its operations with over 14, 000 beneficiaries tomorrow. Executive Secretary of the Agency, Dr. Mohammed Usman, who stated this in Minna, explained that only 15 per cent residents of Niger State are aware of health insurance, adding that, out that figure, only 5 per cent have keyed in to State or National Health Insurance Scheme. Usman noted that 1.8 million people in the state could not afford to pay for health insurance.

According to him, the state government built hospitals and clinics, but medical workers in those facilities were not enough to provide healthcare to residents. He added that majority of the people have little or no financial means to access healthcare, while those that have the means, are seeking medical attention with pains.

The executive secretary said the state government established the agency to ensure residents of the state have access to universal basic healthcare services anywhere they reside.

Usman said the state civil servants are expected to contribute 2.5 per cent from their basic salary, which the state government will augment toward the scheme.