Nigeria’s health insurance enrolment increased to 23.06 million people in the second quarter of 2026, up from 16.2 million in late 2023, the Director-General of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Kelechi Ohiri, has said.
Mr Ohiri disclosed this on Thursday while delivering the keynote address at the 11th Future of Health Conference organised by Nigeria Health Watch in Abuja.
He said enrolment across federal, state and private health insurance schemes grew by 42.35 per cent over the period.
However, Mr Ohiri said increasing enrolment alone would not guarantee access to healthcare or protect Nigerians from financial hardship.
“We constantly face the reality of a difference between an insurance coverage record and genuine financial risk protection,” he said.
“An insurance card in a citizen’s pocket is meaningless if it does not grant immediate access to a functional facility, guarantee essential medicines, protect against catastrophic out-of-pocket expenses, and deliver dignity during
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