The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools, ASUSS Ekiti State Chapter has started full operation of its health insurance scheme in an effort to lessen the burden of medical funding by its members.
ASUSS Chairman, Comrade Sola Adigun, praised the entire operation as “prayer answered” as he announced the program at the organization’s State permanent Headquarters in the Ajebandele neighborhood of Ado Ekiti.
Comrade Adigun stated that the leadership had established a system to implement the health intervention scheme since 2016 to address the issue of medical funding by its members, but the policy could not be implemented as planned for a number of reasons.
He stated further that just like many other laudable programmes including the ASUSS welfare scheme introduced by his leadership, the health insurance scheme was resisted by some members due to inadequate information on its advantages.
The ASUSS chairman noted that ” by signing up to the ASUSS Health Insurance Scheme, AHIS, a Secondary school teacher needs not to worry about funding his or her issues, most especially during emergencies which could happen to anybody or members of their family “.
Comrade Adigun appealed to Secondary School teachers in Ekiti State to key into the programme in the interest of their wellbeing, noting that globally, insurance is the most dependable means of private medicare for workers.
The ASUSS Health Insurance Scheme, AHIS is the first medical insurance intervention by any labour union in Ekiti State and across the country.