The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Health Service Scheme has revealed that about 66,000 people have enrolled in its programme since its inception in 2006.
The manager of the scheme, Dr. Evans Onyekele, made the disclosure at an interactive session with desk officers of private health institutions in Abuja. He said the number of registrants was encouraging, considering the challenge the scheme initially faced.
“At the beginning of the scheme,” Dr Onyekele said, “there was some level of apathy in registration as staff were not sure of the success of the programme. Today, the story has changed as massive registration of staff and their dependants is the case due to high level awareness campaigns.”
But he admitted that there were more challenges to be surmounted in order to reposition the scheme to meet its set objectives.
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