Nigeria, May 20 -- The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has launched a free health insurance enrolment and medical outreach programme for inmates across correctional centres in Abuja, benefitingmore than 1,500 inmates.

The exercise, which began on Tuesday at the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kuje, Abuja, is the first formal enrolment of inmates into the FCT Health Insurance Scheme (FHIS) under the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF).

The programme is expected to extend to correctional facilities in Gwagwalada and Suleja.

According to the FCTA, the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, ap provedthe initiative and said incarceration should not deny citizens access to quality healthcare and other basic rights.

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