The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has announced that it has surpassed the 2024 presidential target for health insurance enrollment and is now set to increase growth coverage by an additional 20% in 2025.
The 2024 target was designed to be achieved within the four-year tenure of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Dr. Kelechi Ohiri, Director-General of NHIA, shared this goal in an interview during the 2024 Universal Health Coverage Day celebrations in Abuja.
While reflecting on the authority’s progress, key achievements, and vision for reaching Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2025, he said two million Nigerians enrolled in health insurance programmes at the federal and state levels within the first nine months of 2024.
“There is an increase in the total number of enrollees from 16.7 million to 19.2 million Nigerians, an impressive 14% growth in less than a year,” Dr. Ohiri revealed.
Addressing historical gaps in health insurance coverage
Dr. Ohiri said before the…