…as the SA on Tsangaya and Almajiri Education seeks GoHealth collaboration
In furtherance of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya’s integrated approach to Almajiri Education, the Gombe State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency, has reeled out plans to provide health insurance coverage for Tsangaya and Almajiri children.
This was disclosed by the Agency’s Team Lead, Dr Abubakar Musa, during courtesy visit by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Tsangaya and Almajiri Education, Sayyada Amina Sheikh Dahiru.
In his address the Team Lead said, “This visit is very timely as the Agency is about to embark on the Cohort-4 enrolment and revalidation of beneficiaries of our equity programme for the poor and vulnerable.
“There are three entry points for the GoHealth equity programme, that is, the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF), where we currently have over 50,000 beneficiaries; there is also the state equity programme, where we have been able to enroll no fewer than 1,000 persons; additionally we also have the donor funded equity programme where individuals and organisations can come in to sponsor beneficiaries. Currently we are in Partnership with the UNICEF Zero dose programme where we have been able to enroll a total of 10,000 beneficiaries that include Children under the age of five and their caregivers.”
Abubakar noted that the Almajiri children can benefit immensely in the Agency’s equity programme for the poor and vulnerable. He, however, advised that the Agency may not be able to cater for the total population of Almajiri in the state, but will begin with pupils of the Almajiri model schools built by Governor Yahaya in all 11 local government areas of the state, while working towards seeking measures to expand the nature of the coverage.
In her response, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Tsangaya and Almajiri Education, Dahiru Bauchi, thanked the GoHealth team for a warm reception and promised to take seriously the suggestions by the Team Lead, as this will be the first of it’s kind in the country and will be a model for other states hopefully, going forward.
PERISCOPE NIGERIA reports that Governor Yahaya has begun reformations to better the life of the Almajiri child championed by the Special Adviser which include building one Almajiri model school in each of the 11 local government areas of the state, and partnering with the National Identity Management Commission, to provide special ID Cards for the Almajiri-child.
