The State Information Technology Agency (SITA) has assured the Ondo State Contributory Health Commission (OCHC) of adequate data needed for the smooth take-off of the contributory health insurance scheme in the state.

Senior Special Assistant to the governor on ICT, Mr. Olumbe Akinkugbe while receiving the management team of the commission in his office said, SITA has the required digital capacity and adequate manpower needed for the commission to deliver quality healthcare to the door steps of the residents of the state regardless of where they live, work or play.

Represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Agency Mrs. Bunmi Omotola, the SSA, who doubles as Chairman of the Agency, explained that the present administration under the able leadership of Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has done a lot to scale up the operations of SITA to an enviable heights so as to serve as infrastructural and digital backbone for all MDAs.

According to Akinkugbe, lack of internet facilities in the Agency will soon be a thing of the past, as government has graciously approved broadband internet services for the use of MDAs to enhance productivity.

Earlier, the General Manager of the Commission, Dr. Abiodun Oyeneyin, had solicited the cooperation of SITA in the area of accurate data and software development that will enable the Commission meet the health needs of the greater number of Ondo State residents, especially the rural dwellers

Dr. Oyeneyin, who emphasized that it is the right of Nigerians to have unhindered access to quality and affordable healthcare added that the target of the Commission is to work with adequate and verifiable data of the vulnerable, public/civil servants, the organized and informal sectors at the unit and ward levels of the state which could only be provided by SITA.

The two bodies later agreed to set up a technical team to smooth all the rough edges for the quick and effective take-off of the scheme.