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By Emmanuel Adeleke
The Executive Secretary of Oyo State Health Insurance Agency (OYSHIA), Dr. Sola Akande, has commended the lawmakers-elect for Oluyole state constituency, Waheed Akintayo, popularly known as Ilumoka presenter; Ibadan North state constituency 1, Olufunke Comforter Olajide, and Ogbomoso North state constituency, Olubisi Olureti, for adopting lives into the state’s health insurance scheme
Akande disclosed this while featuring on a radio programme in Ibadan, on Saturday.
He commended the lawmakers-elect for starting on a good note by making the health of their constituents paramount, calling on well meaning Nigerians to inculcate such act.
“The present honourable members, especially the new ones that are joining are starting on the right note.
“Ilumoka presenter promised to adopt 500 lives in his constituency, Doctor Comforter, coming with about 250 lives and Olubisi Olureti 250 lives. These are honourables-elect. They are coming for the first time and it is encouraging. We need to give a great salutation to them that the major area they are focusing on as per their constituencies is the health.
“They are of the opinion that if the people of their constituency are healthy and of course, that is the beginning of wealth.
“We will flag off the adoption model in their various constituencies immediately they are sworn-in.
“What we are saying under adoption is that all of us that have probably a structured means of income, we have some business that we do, let’s get some people that are vulnerable, people that do not have ability, let’s get them into health insurance,” he said.