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The Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA) has unveiled Nigeria’s archetypal Health Insurance Online Radio, called ILERA EKO Spotlight.
According to LASHMA, the inaugural was portion of efforts to grow nationalist enlightenment connected the State’s mandatory Social Health Insurance Scheme and thrust cosmopolitan wellness sum among residents.
Declaring the vigor level unfastened astatine the Y2025 Quarter 3 Media, the Permanent Secretary of LASHMA, Dr Emmanuella Zamba, reaffirmed the Agency’s committedness to providing affordable, accessible, and equitable healthcare for each Lagosians.
She noted that the vigor presumption would service arsenic a dynamic level for continuous engagement and acquisition connected wellness security and wellness.
Dr Zamba expressed gratitude to the Ministry of Information and Strategy for its accordant partnership, describing it arsenic instrumental to the Agency’s beardown media visibility. She acknowledged the enactment received nether the immediate-past Permanent Secretary, Mr Olumide Sogunle, and expressed optimism that the collaboration would thrive further nether Mr. Olanrewaju Bajulaiye, the existent Permanent Secretary.
She, however, lauded the media for amplifying the Agency’s initiatives, peculiarly the Executive Order mandating societal wellness security for each residents. “Your relation successful educating the nationalist and promoting health-seeking behaviour has been invaluable,” Zamba said, portion urging journalists to proceed helping Lagos residents recognize the benefits of enrolling successful the ILERA EKO Scheme.
Addressing caller method issues faced by enrollees, the Permanent Secretary apologised for impermanent work disruptions owed to an ongoing ICT upgrade. “We entreaty for patience arsenic we enactment towards completing the upgrade to amended idiosyncratic acquisition and work quality,” she assured.
Zamba explained that since Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu signed the Executive Order connected mandatory Social Health Insurance successful July 2024, LASHMA had intensified consciousness done multilingual campaigns. She revealed that the Agency had collaborated with seasoned histrion Adebayo Salami, popularly known arsenic “Oga Bello,” to nutrient 9 vigor docudramas, societal media skits, and commercials successful Yoruba and Pidgin to scope the informal sector.
According to her, the recently launched ILERA EKO Spotlight online vigor volition grow LASHMA’s integer footprint and alteration residents to entree credible wellness accusation regular from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. “This level volition service arsenic our dependable to educate, inform, and link straight with Lagosians crossed each communities,” she added.
The LASHMA brag besides urged residents to clasp the ILERA EKO Telemedicine service, noting that galore inactive preferred unnecessary infirmary visits contempt the convenience of virtual consultations. “Hospital visits are not ever necessary. You tin consult licensed doctors from your location oregon workplace done our Telehealth platform,” she said.
In his goodwill message, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Strategy, Mr Olanrewaju Bajulaiye, represented by the Director of Social Media, Dr Olajide Atansuyi, described the vigor level arsenic a milestone successful wellness communication. He said wellness is cardinal to the socio-economic prosperity of Lagos, and the inaugural would span the spread betwixt authorities argumentation and the people.
“At the bosom of each progressive nine is simply a steadfast citizenry, the Spotlight Radio Programme volition enlighten, engage, and empower Lagosians with applicable wellness accusation that tin alteration lives.”Bajulaiye said.
He emphasised the relation of media arsenic a span betwixt authorities and citizens and pledged the Ministry’s continued enactment to amplify LASHMA’s initiatives. “Together, we tin physique a healthier, stronger, and much informed Lagos,” helium affirmed.
Presenting details of the ILERA EKO Spotlight platform, LASHMA’s Director of Public Affairs, Ms. Adeyinka Gbemibade, said the online vigor would service arsenic an interactive mean for wellness education, feedback, and enactment for residents. She added that its programme lineup would see wellness security updates, interviews, and peculiar features for youth, women, men, and elder citizens.
She listed the entree points arsenic the website (ileraekospotlight.com), iOS app (ILERA EKO Spotlight), and societal media handles (@ileraekospotlight connected Instagram and @ileraspotlight connected X). “We privation residents to articulation the conversation, download the app, and enactment connected for wellness enlightenment, you tin besides scope america done 07052700563 & 07052700544,” Gbemibade said.
Also speaking, Head of ILERA EKO Medical, Dr. Olugbenga Fadipe, highlighted the occurrence of the ILERA EKO Telehealth and Virtual Booth Initiative launched successful July 2024 by Governor Sanwo-Olu. He explained tha...
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