By Ogechi Okorie
Asaba (Precise Post) – Delta State Governor Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has urged the federal government to use 25% of funds expended on fuel subsidy to provide health insurance for vulnerable Nigerians.
According to Okowa, “If 25% of the money being used to subsidize today is spent to provide health insurance for Nigerians, especially the poor, it will help us to reduce maternal mortality in our country.
He made the call while playing host to the Minister of State for Health, Dr Olurunnimbe Mamora at Government House, Asaba.
Disclosing this via it’s twitter handle account, the Delta State Government tweeted :
‘Today, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa called on the Federal Government to use 25% of funds expended on fuel subsidy to provide health insurance for vulnerable Nigerians.
“Governor Okowa stated this when he received the Minister of State for Health, Dr Olurunnimbe Mamora at Government House, Asaba.
“If 25% of the money being used to subsidize today is spent to provide health insurance for Nigerians especially the poor it will help us to reduce maternal mortality in our country,” Governor Okowa said.
