The real reason President
Muhammadu Buhari ordered the reinstatement of the Executive Secretary, National
Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf, has been revealed.
Punch quoted a top government
source as saying that Yusuf was reinstated because the Presidency believed that
the allegations which formed the basis of his suspension by the Minister of
Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, remained largely unsubstantiated.
The newspaper reports that the
government’s position was that the committee constituted by the minister to
investigate Yusuf was neither independent nor free from bias.
Punch source claimed that 20 of
the 23 allegations levelled against the NHIS boss were not backed with
evidence, while others appeared concocted because of evident alterations and
mix-ups in dates.
The newspaper recalled that
Buhari decided to appoint Yusuf at a time the Health Management Organisations
were short-changing the system, leading to a situation where subscribers to the
scheme were not getting the best out of it due to sharp practices on the part
of the HMOs and health providers.
President Buhari had during the
week, ordered the reinstatement of the suspended Executive Secretary of the
National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Usman Yusuf
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