Retired police officers to benefit from NHIS as IGP directs nationwide capturing

Following the approval of the Federal Government for the enrollment of retired police officers on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), the Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, has directed the nationwide registration and capturing of all retired police officers with effect from 7th September to 23rd September, 2020.

According to a statement issued on Thursday by Force Public Relations Officer Frank Mba, with this development, all retired police officers, irrespective of their rank on retirement, along with a spouse, will have full access to all NHIS services and benefits covered by the Police Health Maintenance Organization (Police-HMO) Code-073.

The exercise, which shall be in three batches, will take place at the various Police Area Commands in the country. All retired police officers are therefore required to visit any Police Area Command closest to them the statement added.

The basic requirements include: National Identity Number (compulsory); Letter of Retirement and Retiree’s I.D Card.

The nationwide registration/capturing exercise is scheduled as follows: Monday, 7th September, 2020 – Wednesday, 9th September, 2020 for North-West States

(Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara) and North-East States (Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe).

Others scheduled for September 7 are North-Central States, “B” including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Nasarawa state. Then on Monday, 14th September, 2020 – Wednesday, 16th September, 2020 the exercise will commence in South-West States(Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo).

This will also include North-Central states “A” (Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Niger and Plateau).

Then on Monday, 21st September, 2020 – Wednesday, 23rd September, 2020

The exercise will commence in South-South States (Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Edo, Delta, Rivers and Bayelsa) and South-East States (Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo).

Meanwhile, the IGP expressed his unfettered appreciation to the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Muhammadu Buhari, for extending the National Health Insurance Scheme to retired Police officers. He noted that the development will help address the age-long quest for affordable healthcare services for Police retirees and enjoined the senior citizens to take optimum advantage of the Scheme