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RIVCHPP RESUMES FREE ENROLMENT OF PREGNANT WOMEN AND OTHER VULNERABLE PERSONS INTO ITS PROGRAMMES. ...PHCs TO SERVE AS ENROLMENT CENTRES.

Rivers State Contributory Health Protection Programme ( RIVCHPP) has announced the resumption of enrolment of all pregnant women free into its Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF).

The Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of RIVCHPP,  Dr Vetty Agala,   made the announcement during a 3-day review meeting on improvement plan for delivery of quality health services in primary health centres in Rivers State.

Dr. Agala announced that though the health insurance agency initially stopped the free enrolment of the vulnerable population,  because it exhausted the quota originally given to the state, pregnant and other vulnerable population,  which includes children below 5 years of age, the aged above 60 years, the chronically ill,  people living with disabilities,  can now be enrolled into the programme on the presentation of the mandatory national identification number (NIN).

RIVCHPP's Executive Secretary,  however,  decried the apathy of some workers in attending to patients in their facilities,  cautioning that RIVCHPP's enrollees are very very important persons who should be dealt with dignity and compassion.

Dr. Agala then urged all heads of facilities in the various primary health centres across the state to make their facilities enrolment centres for those who qualify as the vulnerable into the BHCPF of RIVCHPP.

In his remarks,  the Executive Secretary of Rivers State Primary Health Care Management Board (RSPHCMB), Dr. Adele Chituru, emphasised on the need for improved care to all patients that come to the various health facilities in order to provide effective service delivery to all Rivers residents.

It would be recalled that the 3-day review meeting was a collaboration between RIVCHPP and RSPHCMB to among others strengthen gaps of service delivery,  review performances of primary health centres across the state,  identify gaps, in service delivery,  enhance collaboration,  and improve utilisation.
Various directors and health professionals gave insights into what obtains at the various primary health centres in the state,  and how services can be improved.

Idanye Oruigoni 
Head, Information/ Public Relations Unit, 
RIVCHPP.

26/03/2026.