Sokoto State Contributory Health Management Agency (SOCHEMA) was established by Law No. 2 of 2018 in order to guarantee the achievement of Universal Health Coverage in the State. Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is central to the attainment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. SDG 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing for all) involves the provision of access to quality health services while, protecting citizens from financial impoverishments due to costs of ill health The main goal of the Agency is to regulate, supervise and ensure the effective administration of the Sokoto State Contributory Health Scheme. The Agency is to strategically target the formal sector, informal sector and vulnerable groups of the State by mobilizing all stakeholders to operate in a synergistic manner to provide a sustainable health financing system that is economically viable, culturally and religiously acceptable to the residents of the State.