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By Henry Obetta
To grow entree to healthcare accusation and driving cosmopolitan wellness coverage, the Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA) connected Wednesday launched Nigeria’s archetypal Health Insurance Online Radio, ILERA EKO Spotlight.
The integer platform, unveiled during LASHMA’s 2025 Quarter 3 Media Parley marks a caller section successful the state’s nationalist wellness connection — 1 that blends technology, telemedicine, and integer engagement to deepen consciousness astir the state’s mandatory wellness security scheme.
Speaking astatine the launch, the Permanent Secretary of LASHMA, Dr. Emmanuella Zamba, said the inaugural reflects the authorities government’s committedness to providing affordable, accessible, and equitable healthcare for each Lagosians.
“This level volition service arsenic our dependable to educate, inform, and link straight with residents crossed communities,” Zamba said. “We privation each Lagosian to recognize the benefits of enrolling successful the ILERA EKO Scheme and to instrumentality vantage of disposable healthcare services.”
She noted that the online vigor would broadcast regular from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., offering verified wellness information, adept interviews, and unrecorded discussions connected insurance, telemedicine, and wellness.
Zamba expressed gratitude to the Ministry of Information and Strategy for its accordant partnership, acknowledging the enactment of the contiguous past Permanent Secretary, Mr. Olumide Sogunle, and the existent one, Mr. Olanrewaju Bajulaiye.
“Your relation successful amplifying our initiatives and promoting health-seeking behaviour has been invaluable,” she said, urging the media to proceed educating residents connected the value of compulsory wellness insurance.
Addressing caller method challenges faced by enrollees, Dr. Zamba apologized for impermanent work disruptions, explaining that they were owed to an ongoing ICT strategy upgrade.
“We entreaty for patience arsenic we implicit the upgrade to heighten idiosyncratic acquisition and work quality,” she assured.
Zamba disclosed that since Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu signed the Executive Order connected Mandatory Social Health Insurance successful July 2024, LASHMA has intensified multilingual consciousness campaigns targeting some the ceremonial and informal sectors.
The Agency, she added, has partnered with seasoned histrion Adebayo Salami (Oga Bello) to nutrient vigor dramas, societal media skits, and commercials successful Yoruba and Pidgin English to scope a wider audience.
The caller vigor platform, she said, complements different innovations specified arsenic the ILERA EKO Telemedicine Service, which enables residents to consult licensed doctors from location oregon work.
“Hospital visits are not ever necessary,” Zamba explained. “Through our telehealth platform, residents tin person aesculapian advice, intelligence wellness counselling, and follow-up attraction conveniently.”
Representing the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Strategy, Mr. Olanrewaju Bajulaiye, the Director of Social Media, Dr. Olajide Atansuyi, described the level arsenic a milestone successful wellness communication.
“At the bosom of each progressive nine is simply a steadfast citizenry,” Bajulaiye said. “The ILERA EKO Spotlight volition enlighten, engage, and empower Lagosians with applicable wellness accusation that tin alteration lives.”
He emphasised the value of media arsenic a span betwixt authorities and the radical and pledged continued collaboration to prolong LASHMA’s wellness campaigns.
The LASHMA’s Director of Public Affairs, Ms. Adeyinka Gbemibade said the online vigor would diagnostic wellness security updates, adept interviews, and programmes tailored for youths, women, men, and elder citizens.
She listed entree points arsenic the website (www.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,” she said.
The Head of ILERA EKO Medical, Dr. Olugbenga Fadipe highlighted the occurrence of the ILERA EKO Telehealth and Virtual Booth Initiative, launched successful 2024. He noted that virtual booths crossed markets and mobile apps person improved entree for residents successful underserved areas.
“This work saves time, reduces infirmary congestion, and provides access...
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