As part of the Imo state Social Health Insurance Scheme, Governor Hope Uzodimma has approved free medical care for workers in the state’s Civil service.
Uzodimma gave the approval at a town hall meeting he held with top management staff of the Imo Civil Service, in Owerri on Tuesday.
The governor said the gesture was part of efforts to ensure that civil servants in the state remained healthy and well positioned to carry out their duties.
He added that more than 47,000 verified workers in the state would be captured by the scheme.
Uzodima therefore, directed the state’s Ministry of Health to immediately commence the process of getting all verified workers into the free medical scheme.
He also said that workers, at both state and Local Government levels, would be receiving medical care from government owned hospitals and designated private hospitals.
“Health is wealth. We therefore remain committed to improving the health and by extension the productivity of civil servants in our state’s workforce.
”I’ve been told it would cost N500 million to sustain this health insurance but that notwithstanding, I remain committed to it,” the governor said.
