The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced his plan to institute a health insurance scheme for theatre practitioners in the state.
Sanwo-Olu made this disclosed this on Monday when he hosted the veterans in the Yoruba Nollywood industry in a dinner at Lagos House, Marina.
This was according to a statement released on Tuesday by his Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Gboyega Akosile.
He said, “As a government, some of the interventions we have brought forward to assist your industry are not out of place. To further enhance our intervention, we are going to initiate an insurance scheme to assist Nollywood and give the practitioners free access to health care in public health facilities.
“This scheme will be specially categorised for professionals in the film business. This is yet another token of what the government can offer those who have shaped our society. The insurance scheme would come in handy for practitioners who cannot afford medical expenses and prevent them from seeking assistance embarrassingly.”
In their response, some of the theatre practitioners at the event, including Adebayo Salami, Jide Kosoko, Adewale Elesho, Idowu Phillips, and Mahmoud Alli-Balogun, commended Sanwo-Olu for his people-oriented programmes and endorsed his second-term bid.