The
entire crew of 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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