Oyo approves compulsory health insurance for workers, students

The Oyo State Executive Council has said it has made the enrolment for its health insurance compulsory for all civil and public servants in the state.
It stated that this decision was is in line with the provision of Section 16, Sub Section 1 of the Oyo State Health Insurance Agency (OYSHIA) Law of 2016.
Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Toye Arulogun who made this disclosure in a statement made available to DAILY POST explained that the compulsory enrolment of all civil and public servants from level 1 to level 12 will be the Standard Plan with Eight thousand naira (N8,000) as premium per annum, inclusive of N200 registration service while from level 13 and above will be on the Standard Plus plan of Thirteen Thousand, five hundred Naira (N13,500) premium per annum.
Arulogun said that the executive council also approved the compulsory enrolment of all students of Oyo State institutions on Students’ Plan with a subsidized premium of N2,800 per annum.
He said that the state government will also demand certificates of health insurance or evidence of same from individuals, groups, companies or institutions that intend to do businesses with Oyo State.
Arulogun stressed that such businesses shall include but not limited to Registration of Hospitals and Allied institutions, schools and allied institutions, premises and companies, vehicles and all forms of procurement and supplies, Renewal of Certificates and license, Application for certificates of occupancy, rents and allied applications, saying that health insurance certificate shall also be part of pre-requisite to access loan or similar funds from Bureau of investment by individuals and cooperatives societies.
He said “The payable premium by these enrollees, Public and Civil servants in the services of the state and local governments as well as students in the State Tertiary institutions will be directly deducted by the State’s Ministry of Finance and other relevant institutions, as the case may be, for direct remittance into the account of the Agency on Monthly basis as stipulated in section 19 (4) and 36 (1) of OYSHIA Law 2016.”