Rivers State Government, under the visionary leadership of the Governor, Sir Siminialayi Fubara, and the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Adaeze Chidinma Oreh is committed to prioritizing the health of Rivers residents as they ensure no resident is left behind in accessing affordable quality healthcare in fulfilment of the government’s #Health4AllRivers mandate.
Following an earlier directive to delist all the enrollees of RIVCHPP who were registered without the national identification number (NIN), which is a prerequisite as demanded by the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), the management of RIVCHPP to liaise with the relevant authorities to see to it that all enrollees remain on the health insurance scheme to continue to enjoy unfettered health care services.
Based on the interest and commitment of the government, the Executive Secretary of Rivers State Contributory Health Protection Programme (RIVCHPP), Dr. Vetty Agala held a strategic meeting with the coordinator of the Rivers State office of National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Sir Chris Itodo, and representatives from the office of National Identification Management Commission (NIMC) to address the issue of how RIVCHPP’s enrollees, without NIN, can get theirs with ease.
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According to a statement by Dr. Agala, after the strategic meeting, arrangements have been concluded for officials of NIMC Front End Partners to commence facility-based registration, of especially RIVCHPP enrollees, beginning from Tuesday, 21st October, 2025, starting from RIVCHPP- accredited Primary Health Centres in Port Harcourt Local Government Area.
RIVCHPP’s Executive Secretary has, therefore, called upon all Heads of Health facilities to take note of the development, and to ensure that they mobilise all enrollees registered in their facilities to be available to complete their NIN registration on the days slated for their facilities.
Dr. Agala also reiterated that based on the above, the office will make public the days when the NIN registration exercise is to hold for the different facilities in the 23 Local Government Areas of the state.
RIVCHPP’s Executive Secretary further appealled to all enrollees and heads of health facilities to make the best use of this window of opportunity that the government has extended to everyone to get their National Identification Number with ease at the different public health facilities throughout the state to continue to enjoy the services of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF).
