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ABSTRACT The study strategicallyassessed the Issues and Prospects in the National Health Insurance Administration.The findings made proved that health insurance scheme in Nigeria since its inception, has to a large extent positively affected the lives of its enrollees and with remarkable achievementssuch as reduction of the rising cost of health care among participant, leading to fair distribution of contribution of health, ensuring that socio economical groupings do not constitute a barrier to somebody to access health care where he wants, and restoration of confidence in primary and secondary level of health care. It was concluded that health insurance is a social security mechanism that guarantees the provision of needed health services persons on the payment of some amount at regular interval. It is mandatory for organization in both the public and private sectors employing up to ten (10) people to participate in the scheme. It also concluded that leadership and management of NHIS are provided through the national health insurance scheme, health maintenance organization (HMOs) and health care providers (HCPs).One of the recommendation was that more intensive public awareness programmes should be created to enlighten people and relevant groups on the scheme and that the attribute of the scheme should be well published by translating it into the major Nigerian languages to enable the people to understand and appreciate its values and objective. KEY WORDS: Issues, Prospects, National Health Insurance Administration, Health Services Providers