Kaduna Health Insurance Coverage Reaches 9.6%, Expansion Set For 2026

ZARIA, Nigeria – Health insurance coverage in Kaduna State rises to 9.6 per cent, as authorities unveil an aggressive 2026 expansion plan to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage.

Director-General of the Kaduna State Contributory Health Management Authority, Abubakar Hassan, discloses this on Friday at a quarterly review meeting focused on informal sector enrolment.

Coverage increases from 4.5 per cent in 2023 to 9.6 per cent in 2025, a growth Hassan describes as encouraging but insufficient.

“We must scale up faster and smarter to reach universal coverage,” he says. “Our 2026 focus is moving from awareness to conversion, and from enrolment to retention.”

Hassan identifies artisans, traders, farmers and transport workers as the “missing middle” and announces intensified engagement with traditional institutions, beginning with advocacy visits to the Zazzau Emirate Council.

Stakeholders commend enrolment gains but express concern over inconsistent three per cent counterpart funding, warning that sustained financing remains critical.

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