Nigeria, March 25 -- The Ultimate Health Management Services, a health maintenance organisation (HMO), on Tuesday, called for an effective enforcement of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Act 2022 to ensure health insurance coverage for all Nigerian employees, including those in the private sector.

"The organised private sector are not expected to borrow money to provide health insurance for their staff," the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ultimate, Lekan Ewenla, said, explaining that staff members should be entitled to the health insurance premium worth the value of medical allowance their employers are expected to pay them.

"With the NHIA Act 2022, participation is now mandatory, and enforcemen...