The scheme is meant to cover health expenses of entertainers and media practitioners who are subscribers to the plan, all that is needed is payment of premium at a specified period. The organisers stated that the scheme will eradicate the traumatic experience celebrities have to go through begging publicly for funds for medicare under emergency circumstances.Kickstarting the business of the day, the scheme coordinator, Mr. Seun Apara took the attendees through some of the processes and challenges the organizing team had undergone before arriving at the final stage of unveiling. The MD/CEO of Healthcare International, Dr. Tosin Awosika took the center stage after Mr. Seun Apara and spoke highly of the Nigerian Entertainment Industry Health Insurance Scheme while also commending the initiators for their doggedness and determination to bring the scheme to fruition.
Industry stakeholders like Chief Tony Okoroji, Mr. Patrick Doyle, Mr. Efe Omorogbe, Mr. Gbenga Adeyinka and Mr. Yemi Solade also took turns to encourage all and sundry to pay important attention to their health by enrolling under the private customized scheme for the industry as it covers them in all the 36 states of the country.
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During his speech, Mr. Efe Omorogbe made it known that he had already enrolled to the scheme and did same for his staff before the launch because he understands the importance of what has just been created. Chief Okoroji who enjoined the entire entertainment industry to enroll later requested that enrollment forms be given out to all interested attendees. He filled his own form immediately alongside others. Mr. Patrick Doyle didn’t just collect an enrollment form for himself alone but also offer to pay premiums for two other people and advised other affluent individuals within the industry to do same by adopting individuals they can pay premiums for rather than waiting for them to come cap in hand begging when they became critically ill. Talented female talking drummer, Ara filled her own enrollment form and took for members of her band. Mr. Tony ‘Don T’ Anifite of Dicotyledon collected 10 enrollment forms for him and the artistes under his management
The official website for the scheme, www.neihis.org was also unveiled to enable people have access to more information. Enrollees can also fill their forms online or download the forms from the website. The Nigerien Entertainment Industry Health Insurance Scheme (NEIHIS) is an initiative of Nigerian Entertainment Industry Lecture Series (NEILS) in partnership with National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
Roll call of attendees at the media unveiling included some of the industry’s heavy weights, DJ Jimmy Jatt, Gbenga Adeyinka, Chief Tony Okoroji, Mr. Patrick Doyle, Mr. Yemi Solade, Mr. Efe Omorogbe, Mr. Cally Ikpe, Mr. Raw Nwanne, Dynamic Talking Drummer- Ara, Popular producer-Puffy T, Veteran DJ Gosporella and others.
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