Nigerian Entertainment Industry Lecture
Series (NEILS), initiators of the Nigerian Entertainment Industry Health Insurance
Scheme (NEIHTF) and Nigerian Entertainment Industry Health Trust Fund (NEIHTF)
mourns the tragic end of vibrant talented actor, Muna Obiekwe who breathed his
last on Sunday January 18th, 2015.
Family sources revealed that the actor has been suffering
from Kidney ailment for a while but he decided to keep it very private. Things
however got worse when he couldn’t afford money for his dialysis anymore. Due
to his great contributions to Nollywood, the news of his death was
heartbreaking and devastating for the entire Nigerian entertainment community
and Africa at large. Our continuous prayer at NEILS is that God will give his
family the fortitude to bear the great loss.
Just yesterday too, a rally was held in Kaduna to solicit
financial support for an Hausa actor who is in dire need of financial support
for surgery. His colleagues are however doing all what they can to raise money
for the surgery as his condition is very critical. A northern actress died
under similar circumstance last year days after she left a movie set as she
could not afford her own medical bills.
To curtail future occurrences, NEILS has moved to fast track
the kickoff of the Nigerian Entertainment Industry Health Insurance Scheme
(NEIHIS) and the inauguration of the Nigerian Entertainment Industry Health
Trust Fund (NEIHTF). The inauguration of the trust fund will also avail
practitioners in the entertainment industry the opportunity of knowing the
registered Board of Trustees.
The health insurance scheme will take care of general consultation,
surgeries, evacuation, physiotherapy, Eye care & surgery, advanced
Radiological Investigation, accident & emergency, hospital admission and
many more. The health trust fund will take care of all terminal ailments
including kidney diseases right from the dialysis stages. The enrollment plans
will however be made public before the end of the week.
It’s however instructive for us all to endeavor to do our
checkups and exercises regularly, eat healthily and resist taking our health
for granted.
Nigerian Entertainment Industry Health Insurance Scheme (NEIHIS) is a private health insurance scheme with customized plans specifically for the entertainment industry. It is an initiative of Nigerian Entertainment Industry Lecture Series (NEILS) in partnership with National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
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