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GENERAL INFORMATION

Bayelsa Health Insurance Scheme (BHIS) was established by law on the 19th of July, 2013 with a purpose to give healthcare delivery to the citizens and those living in the state.
It's mandate is to ensure that healthcare services are given to indigenes of the state, within the formal sector, and thereafter private individuals, etc.

Organizational Structure:

The Board is Structure Thus:
  • Composition
    13 members who are drawn from the formal sector – MDAs, TUC, NLC and Public Interest groups respectively.
  • The Scheme is organized into the following Departments
    • Accounts
    • Audit
    • Human Resources & Administration
    • I.C.T
    • Information
    • Legal
    • Marketing
    • Medical Services / Quality Assurance
    • Planning, Research and Statistics, Monitoring, & Evaluation
  • BHIS Commencement
    BHIS was commissioned on the 15th of February, 2018 by His Excellency, Muktar Shagari - Former Deputy Governor of Sokoto State.
  • Our Process
    • Eligibility: All Civil Servants in the State, who are compulsorily contributing to the scheme.
    • Modalities: One passport photograph each of the principal and the five dependents.
    • Process of enrolment: Staff of BHIS are drafted to the various MDAs to capture enrollement data of Civil/Public Servant into the scheme.
    • After which, a temporary slip is printed for the prospective enrollees to enable them access health facilities if falling ill.
    • Premium will be placed on the category of prospective enrollees for subsequent data capturing by BHIS.
    • Registration of organized private sector/private individuals: BHIS is working out modalities to step up the process.