ASSESMENT OF STAFF PERCEPTION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME IN FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) POTISKUM.

Abstract

In recognition of the importance of health to men and nations of the world, the world health organization in conjunction with united nations children education fund held a convention in 1978 at Alam-ata in union of soviet socialist Republic (USSR), and made a declaration to forestall the current inequalities on the distribution of health facilities and services between the rich and the poor, the urban and the rural dwellers. The federal government of Nigeria established the National Health Insurance scheme by Act 35 of 1999 to ensure access to quality and affordable health care to all Nigerians. It is against this background that the study assesses the staff perception on the implementation of National Health Insurance Scheme in Federal College of Education (Technical) Potiskum. The approach adopted for this study was theory of social perception. This is because the study assesses beneficiaries’ perception on the implementation of NHIS. In order to achieve this objective, structured questionnaires were administered on enrollees of the scheme in the study area. Information was also obtained from presentation at workshop and seminars, textbook, official publications and internet materials. Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to select respondents. Data collected were summarized using frequency distribution and chi-square was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that enrollees in the study area were aware of the existence of NHIS, but the level of awareness on some aspects of the scheme is low. It also revealed lower extent enrollees participation in planning and decision making of the scheme. It was thus recommended that seminars should be organized by relevant bodies on the benefits of the packages provided by the scheme, so as to create awareness to the enrollees.