Covid-19: HEFAMAA Says Renewal And Registration Of New Facilities Strictly Online … Urges Healthcare Facilities To Renew Annual Registration.

The Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMAA, has said that application for registration of facilities and renewal of certificates shall strictly be done online.

Speaking yesterday in her office at Plot 6, Alhaja Ashabi Cole Street, Alausa, Ikeja, the Executive Secretary of the Agency, Dr Abiola Idowu explained that the decision was taken to optimize the use of the hefamaa e-platform which she said was developed to ease the process of registration by the users and give facility owners and the public the opportunity to interface with the agency.

She advised health providers who want to register their facilities or renew their certificates to log on to the official website of the Agency for necessary instructions adding that any facility that fails to renew its license between 1^st of January and 31^st of March 2021 will be sanctioned accordingly as she said, "it means such facilities are operating illegally."

She observed that the usage of the e-portal will go a long way in reducing the number of visitors to the Agency which she said is in tandem with the measures put in place by the Government to contain the spread of COVID-19.

She further explained that the Agency will no longer issue Assessment Form at its office stressing that service providers should generate invoices online for bank payment.

 “The Agency will no longer issue Assessment Form; therefore, we urge facility owners to generate the invoice for payment after uploading all the necessary documents to the portal," she explained.

Idowu, who emphasized the need to upload tellers generated after making the full payment at designated banks to the portal, also stated that the profile details used for processing 2020 renewal/registration are still valid.

She however charged facility operators in the State to improve the quality of healthcare services they provide to the citizens to actualize the Babajide Sanwo-Olu T.H.E.M.E.S Strategic Development Agenda.

For enquiries and to report facilities engaging in unprofessional conducts, she advised the public to call the Agency’s dedicated phone numbers including 09015637023, 09057273396, 09038795500 and 08172704228.

 

 

Muyideen Ayokunle Uthman

Wednesday, 20^th January 2021

Head, Public Affairs

HEFAMAA