Ndudi Anyim
The Anambra State Police Command has resumed the second phase of the National Health insurance scheme(NHIS) for retired officers in the State.
The second phase, which was recently approved by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, is meant to capture retired officers who were not opportuned to enrol during the first phase.
According to a statement by the Anambra Police Public Relations, Haruna Mohammed, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), retired Police Officers with a spouse, are to go to a Police Area Command nearest to them from Monday, March 15, to Thursay March 18.
CSP Mohammed said the exercise would be absolutely free for the retired officers and their wives.
He said, “ In his resolve at ensuring that retired Police Officers (irrespective of ranks) and their spouses are not left out in the Force initiative of providing quality and accessible health care services through the National Health insurance scheme(NHIS), the Anambra State Police Command wishes to inform the public especially retired Police Officers that the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has graciously approved the second phase of the enrolment exercise in order to avail retired Police Officers not captured in the first phase of the exercise the opportunity to do so.
“ The exercise will take place at various Police Area Commands in the State. All retired Police Officers (each with a spouse), who were not captured during the 1st phase of the exercise, are therefore required to visit any Police Area Command closest to them (in their respective LGAS) with their Letter of Retirement and Retiree’s I.D Card.
” Consequently, the registration and services provided under this scheme is absolutely at no cost and without any form of deduction whatsoever from retirees’ monthly pension,” the PPRO said.
He added that the Commissioner of Police (CP), Monday Kuryas, has advised all retired Police Officers in the State who are yet to be captured on the Scheme, to take optimum advantage of the laudable initiative of the IGP, who is always passionate about the welfare of Police personnel before and in retirement.