Gov’t commended for backing NHIA Biometric Registration System

The Municipal Chief Executive for Effutu, Nii Ephraim, has commended government for supporting the Biometric Registration System adopted recently by the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to ensure greater patronage.

The Municipal Chief Executive who made the commendation described the huge patronage attracted by the current biometric registration system as a real magic wand that could propel the policy for greater achievements.

Nii Ephraim was interacting with the press at Winneba after visiting the Effutu Municipal Office of the NHIA to acquaint himself with the operations of the Scheme.

He said that after careful and critical examination of the biometric registration system with the past ten months in the municipality, he called for the system to be maintained.

Mr Ephraim was also hopeful that the new system would assist implementers of the Health Insurance Scheme to generate enough funds to support the government settle medical bills submitted by the various service providers.

The MCE suggested to the management of the NHIA to equip all its branches with radio-link facilities to solve the networking challenges facing them.

Nii Ephraim disclosed that installation of radio-link facilities is being put in place at the Winneba Municipal Office of the NHIA and appealed to the management to speed up work to accelerate registration and renewal of ID cards in the municipality.

He advised staff of the NHIA to maintain the highest form of excellent customer/worker relationship coupled with strong and prudent financial management to enable the scheme to maintain its position as the best scheme in the Central Region.

Mr Ephraim also used the occasion to draw the attention of opinion leaders in the Municipality, especially Chiefs, Assembly members, and Religious leaders to sensitize the people regularly on domestic and environmental sanitation to reduce the outbreak of diseases in order to make the NHIA policy cost effective and sustainable for generations too.

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