- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has waded into the alleged fraud in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)
- The EFCC has grilled a few managers and invited some contractors of the NHIS
- Some officials of the Scheme were also said to have accepted bribes from contractors
A report by The Punch indicates that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has grilled a few managers and invited some contractors of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
According to the report, more officials had also been invited by the anti-graft agency to explain their role in the N919 million fraud allegedly perpetrated by the recently reinstated executive secretary of the NHIS, Professor Usman Yusuf.
Some officials of the NHIS were also said to have accepted bribes from contractors.
NHIS boss, Professor Yusuf in the eye of the storm. Source: Twitter
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The EFCC is said to be acting on a report submitted to the commission by a panel set up by the minister of health, Professor Isaac Adewole.
The report indicted the general manager, human resources, Uwais Fatika; the general manager, finance, Mr. John Okoh; the general manager in charge of procurement; an employee of the Bureau of Public Procurement, Mr. Naziru Umar; and several other companies.
The spokesman for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed that some officials had been grilled while others had been invited.
He however, did not disclose the identities of the persons.
“It is true. Some officials of the NHIS are being questioned by the commission,” he said.
On Monday, February 12, policemen took over the headquarters of the NHIS as workers continue their protests against the recall of Professor Yusuf. reports.
The armed police officers occupied the premises and were also stationed along the road in the area.
The worker’s union had also protested on Thursday, February 8, stressing that reinstating Yusuf at this time is contrary to fairness and equity.
Last week, Yusuf was reinstated by President Muhammadu Buhari in a move that was widely criticised.
The executive secretary was suspended by the minister of health, Isaac Adewole, in June 2017, following allegations of gross misconduct. Yusuf was found culpable of infractions that ranged from nepotism to theft of public funds by a panel commissioned by the minister.
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