NEIHIS Scheme Officially Launches

Industry players, medical experts, invited guests and pressmen all gathered to witness the official media launch of the Nigerian Entertainment Industry Health Insurance Scheme (NEIHIS), on Tuesday March 3rd, 2015 at Inner Crockpot of Sheraton Hotel, Lagos.

Present at the launch were industry stakeholders and players such as Tony Okoroji, Efe Omoregbe, Patrick Doyle, Yemi Solade, Sam Onyemelukwe, Gbenga Adeyinka, DJ Gosporella, Capital FEMI, Nigga Raw, Koffi (the anchor at the launch), Ara, the brain behind the scheme, Seun Apara and many more.

The launch which had a panel of medical experts such as Mr Tosin Awosika (MD Healthcare International), Dr. Akere of United Healthcare and Dr Dada also of the United Healthcare platform all spoke extensively on the effort put in place alongside the initiator for the scheme to see the light of day.

The other panel consisted of players in the entertainment industry such as Patrick Doyle, Gbenga Adeyinka, Tony Okoroji, Efe Omoregbe and Yemi Solade. The panelists made it a point of duty to call on their other colleagues to take advantage of the scheme.

NEIHIS is a privately designed customized scheme approved by the Federal government of Nigeria through the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) for the entertainment/media industry to forestall avoidable deaths and to provide proper cover for the entire entertainment industry practitioners all over the country.

Presently, more than 350 NHIS accredited hospitals have been listed on this scheme and entertainers/media practitioners can now enjoin quality and affordable healthcare all over Nigeria.