FCT extends healthcare coverage to inmates in Kuje

File Photo: FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike.

The Federal Capital Territory Administration on Tuesday launched a free health insurance enrolment and medical outreach programme for inmates in correctional facilities across the FCT, with more than 1,500 inmates expected to benefit from the initiative.

The programme, which began at the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kuje, is the first formal enrolment of inmates into the FCT Health Insurance Scheme under the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund.

Authorities said the intervention would later be extended to correctional facilities in Gwagwalada and Suleja.

The initiative was introduced on the directive of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, as part of efforts to expand access to healthcare under the Renewed Hope Agenda.