Nigerian women to pay N200 monthly as health insurance

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Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye

Federal government has announced the payment of a N200 monthly health insurance payment as as part of efforts to improve access

to healthcare for women nationwide. to healthcare for women nationwide.She said 37, 000 Point of Sale, , Machines will be distributed to all the states of the federation, 1, 000 per state, through the traditional leaders to enable the women do business and also pay the N200 health care insurance.

The minister said the initiative was in line with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda with support from PLUG Microfinance Bank to facilitate financial transactions and boost their economic status. “The beneficiaries will be trained in IT and given online jobs that will pay in hard currency,” she said.

“When they save up to N500,000 to N600,000, the ministry will support them to get a second one and enable them pay off their debt quicker.She assured that even women farmers would be provided security in their farmlands in collaboration with the army for increased food production.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities. Your username will be shown to the moderator, so you should only flag this comment for one of the reasons listed above.

The Independent National Electoral Commission , on Monday, prayed the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja to dismiss a petition filed by the Social Democratic Party and its governorship candidate, Murtala Ajaka, against the election victory of Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi.

The President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has called for transparency, accountability and the elimination of unnecessary expenditures to cut cost of governace in the country.

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