A member of the Northern Elders Forum, Prof. Usman Yusuf, said this on: “Sunday Politics,” on Channels Television
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Professor Yusuf says there is still over N100 billion of such funds trapped in Nigerian banks.
A statement issued by Boade Akinola, Director, Media and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Health, confirmed the termination of appointment of the current Executive Secretary, Prof. Usman Yusuf, who has been on administrative leave.
At the ceremony in Abuja, Mustapha told members of the Independent Fact-Finding Panel that NHIS had been involved in various crises, which had led to the suspension of its Executive Secretary, Prof. Usman Yusuf.
He said that the suspension was ordered to prevent him from exposing high-level corruption at the agency.
The Managing Partner of Alliance, Dr Uche Val-Obi (SAN), in astatement in Lagos, said that his client pledged his continued loyalty to the President and would fully cooperate with the incoming Director, Ben Omogo.
In the suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/1220/2018, Yusuf instituted legal action against the Honourable Minister of Health, and Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice as well as the NHIS.
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.
In a petition signed by HEDA’s Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, the Resource Centre said the situation is one that can cause chaos and a breakdown of law and order in the scheme’s office and as such requires the arrest of anyone found wanting or trying to jeopardize the security of the institution.
The Nigeria Labour Congress has intervened in the crisis rocking the National Health Insurance Scheme by calling on its Executive Secretary, Prof. Usman Yusuf, to vacate office and allow a full-scale investigation be conducted into the allegations levied against him.
The House of Representatives on Tuesday began an investigation into the alleged gross misconduct and corruption levied against the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the Governing Council of the NHIS had on October 18 suspended Yusuf over alleged gross misconduct.
The party said with Monday’s forceful repression of the suspension of the Executive Secretary by the NHIS Governing Council over humongous corruption allegation and abuse of office, it has become clear that the Presidency cabal is directly complicit in the NHIS fraud and is seeking every means to ensure a cover up.
The unions are the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria and Nigeria Civil Service Union.
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.
Masari made the call during a courtesy call by the NHIS Executive Secretary, Prof. Usman Yusuf, on Wednesday in Katsina.
In a letter forwarded to the ICPC and signed by CSNAC’s National Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, the network said it is making the request in line with Section 1,2,3 and 4 of the Freedom of Information Act 2011.
This followed the continued protest by workers over the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari that the suspended NHIS helmsman, Prof. Usman Yusuf, be reinstated.
Adebayo, who made the call at a news conference in Lagos, said that re-instating the NHIS executive secretary before investigations ended would be an abuse of due process.