Hefamaa Urges Healthcare Facilities To Renew Annual Registration

Dr. Abiola Idowu, Executive Secretary, Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMAA.

The Executive Secretary, Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMAA, Dr. Abiola Idowu has urged health facilities yet to complete the renewal of their online registration with the Agency to do so in order to avoid being sanctioned.

Idowu, who gave the advice on Wednesday at the Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja disclosed that the Agency, at its Board meeting in March 2020 decided to shift the deadline for the online renewal of registration from the initial date of 31^st, March 2020 to 31^st July 2020 as well as put on hold the increment in the registration renewal fee due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant economic impact on business owners.

She explained that all healthcare facilities in the State are required by law to register with the Agency and renew their registration annually, adding that any facility that fails to renew its license within the stipulated period is operating illegally and will be sanctioned accordingly.

“If a facility does not renew its registration within the stipulated period, it means it is operating illegally and will be sanctioned,” she stated.

The Executive Secretary hinted that the e-platform created by the State government is aimed at helping facility owners to renew their licenses online to reduce physical contact during the Coronavirus pandemic.

She, therefore, enjoined owners of such facilities across the State to take advantage of the HEFAMAA e-portal to complete their registration renewal online and keep abreast of the programmes and activities of the Agency.

“Owners and operators of health facilities in the State are to ensure they complete their registration with HEFAMAA, collect the agency’s logo and display them at a position in their facilities where members of the public can see them,” she advised.

She assured that the Agency will leave no stone unturned in ensuring that operators of health facilities in the State and the public at large are in possession of the right information to achieve the vision of the present administration in delivering quality healthcare services.