A member of the Northern Elders Forum, Prof. Usman Yusuf, said this on: “Sunday Politics,” on Channels Television
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It accordingly called for prioritization of health security in the country on the template of Universal Health Coverage, which it added, cannot be achieved through the exclusive National Health Insurance Scheme being run by the Federal Government now.
Sambo made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Sokoto on Thursday on the sideline of the official commencement of the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund in partnership with the Sokoto State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency.
The Executive Secretary of NHIS, Prof. Mohammed Sambo, said this in his address of welcome at a validation meeting of the new initiative in Abuja.
Alhaji Aminu Tanimu, the state NHIS Coordinator, announced in a statement, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Bauchi.
The AG spoke on the report in a statement he personally signed on Monday.
The newly appointed Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Mohammed Sambo, has unveiled a three-point agenda to reposition the scheme towards the realisation of its core mandate.
Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, on Monday in Abuja received the report of the Presidential Independent Fact-Finding Panel on the National Health Insurance Scheme.
The Guild of Medical Directors has appealed to the Federal Government to review the leadership of National Health Insurance Scheme in the interest of peace and harmony.
Ben Omogo, a Director from the Federal Ministry of Health, has been appointed to oversee the National Health Insurance Scheme.
President Muhammadu Buhari has intervened in the ongoing crisis in the National Health Insurance Scheme over the suspension of the Executive Secretary, Prof. Yusuf Usman, by the Governing Council.
Two labour unions on Tuesday renewed their resolve to sustain their ongoing protest over the suspension of Prof. Usman Yusuf, the Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme by the Governing Council of the organisation.
The Nigerian Medical Association, Abia chapter on Monday, expressed concern over the proliferation of trado-medical trade fairs in the state.
The Nigerian Medical Association has called for improved enrollment in the National Health Insurance Scheme from the current less than five per cent coverage.
Yusuf, in a memo to the Council of the NHIS, headed by Dr. Enyatu Ifenne, said he was only answerable to President Muhammadu Buhari.
The suspension of the Executive Secretary was announced on Thursday by the Chairperson of the Governing Council, Ifenne Enyanatu
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria has called for the immediate suspension of Prof. Usman Yusuf, the Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme by the Federal Government over allegations of gross misconduct.
The vice chairman of the union, Dr Mairiga Peters, made this appeal on Friday while speaking with newsmen in Keffi, Keffi Local Government Area of the state.
This was made known by the Executive Secretary of the NHIS, Prof. Usman Yusuf, in response to a query issued to him by the Governing Council of the scheme on the disappearance of the fund
Johnson spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, while reacting to the death of Chukwudi Anachina, the guild’s Press Secretary.