Osun Plans Health Insurance Scheme For 19,000 Pensioners

Osun State government plans to enro 19,000 pensioners in its health insurance scheme.

Governor Ademola Adeleke, who expressed the government’s determination when he flagged off the pensioners’ enrolment for the scheme, said having observed that the bulk of pensioners’ income goes into managing their health challenges, it becomes imperative to intervene promptly.

His words, “Our administration conducted a situational review of the living conditions of our pensioners. We discover that the critical problem is not just unpaid pensions. Even when paid regularly, the bulk of the money goes into managing health challenges. Our report concluded that almost eighty percent of pensioners’ problem centers around health questions.

“It was at this point that we decided to address the root cause. We opted to meet our senior citizens at their point of needs. It is gratifying to note that this programme is the first of its kind.

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This is a direct intervention to prove that the government can indeed meet the desires and aspirations of the people.

“There are at least 19,000 (Nineteen Thousand) pensioners in Osun. All of them will be enrolled into this scheme. Please take advantage of this by availing yourself for this enrollment”

The governor expressed his commitment to the well-being of residents in Osun through the free medical and surgery treatment embarked upon twice this year in the Imole medical and surgical outreach adding that the outreach has become a permanent feature of the Osun medical system.

He promised to embark on activities that will ensure the good health of the people saying that the government has plans to register the vulnerable citizens of the state and also organise state wide screening processes that will ensure disease detection at curable stages.