A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Surulere Constituency 1, Desmond Elliott, has disclosed plans to empower 1,000 constituents with a health insurance scheme.
According to the lawmaker, the scheme is tagged, “Health Insurance for community members and families in Surulere,’’ the scheme is in partnership with the Community Development Centre in Surulere Local Government.
Elliot said, “Residents selected from the 43 CDAS in the area will enjoy free health care courtesy of my office. There are many of our elderly ones who need medical care, but only a few of them can afford it. Knowing the state of the country today, it is even difficult for some to find food to eat. It is my hope that this would be a pivotal scheme that will blossom into what will eventually be replicated in other local governments.”
He noted that residents in the community could be beneficiaries of the health insurance scheme and their major health issues would be taken care of.
He stated, “It reduces the burden of caring for their aged relatives. Also, other family members can enjoy the benefit of having a health care plan, because I believe it should be a privilege for everybody. The idea is to have in this first scheme a thousand residents become beneficiaries of this scheme through my office.”
On the criterion for selection of beneficiaries, the lawmaker said that residents in grass-roots communities were the primary beneficiaries.
