The Public Sector Social Health Insurance Programme is for government workers and their families.
How it works:

• 1. The contribution for this programme is based on your earnings


• 2. Contribution is either 15% of your basic salary or 5% of the organization’s consolidated employee salaries


• 3. The contribution is shared between the employer and employee in any of these ratios:


• -Basic salary approach: The Employer pays 10% of your basic salary while you pay 5% of your basic salary

• -Consolidated employee salaries approach: The employer pays 3.5% of the organization’s consolidated employee salaries while the employees pay 1.5% of the organization’s consolidated employee salaries

Note: Your employer may decide to pay either the whole 15% of your basic salary or the whole 5% of the organization’s consolidated employee salaries. This is so that you don’t have to pay anything.

• 4. The employee pays for an NHIA ID card upon completion of enrolment

What it covers:
You and your family get medical services like hospital visits and medicines.

What you need:
To join, you will need your work ID, National Identification Number (NIN), recent pay slips, and proof of family ties.

Other details:
You can include more family members (as extra dependents) at additional fees.

Requirements
To enrol into this programmme, Click here to view the requirements.

Click here to join, or email us on info@nhis.gov.ng if you have any questions or need any help.