The Nigerian Entertainment Industry Lecture Series, NEILS, initiators of the Nigerian Entertainment Industry Health Insurance Scheme, NEIHTF, and Nigerian Entertainment Industry Health Trust Fund, NEIHTF, has expressed its heartfelt condolence on the tragic end of vibrant talented actor, Muna Obiekwe who breathed his last on Sunday, January 18, 2015.
The popular actor died after suffering from a kidney related ailment, which he kept private from his fans and colleagues.
NEILS, in a statement, expressed that “Our continuous prayer at NEILS is that God will give his family the fortitude to bear the great loss.
The group added that on Tuesday, “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.”
NEILS suggests that, “To curtail future occurrences, NEILS has moved to fast track the kick-off of the Nigerian Entertainment Industry Health Insurance Scheme, NEIHIS, and the inauguration of 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 group explained that, “The health insurance scheme will take care of general consultation, surgeries, evacuation, physiotherapy, Eye care and surgery, advanced Radiological Investigation, accident and 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 advised that, “It is instructive for us all to endeavour to do our check-ups and exercises regularly, eat healthily and resist taking our health for granted.”
NEIHIS is a private health insurance scheme with customized plans specifically for the entertainment industry. It is in partnership with National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS.
