The senate has mandated its
relevant committees to wade into the alleged cases of corruption in the
National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and the National Primary Health Care
Development Agency (NPHCDA).
The resolution of the senate was
sequel to a motion sponsored by Mao Ohuabunwa, senator representing Abia north.
On October 18, the NHIS governing
council suspended Usman Yusuf indefinitely on allegations of financial
infractions.
Enantu Ifenna, chairman of the
council, said the executive secretary refused to carry out the board’s
decisions on critical issues and noted that there was institutionalised
corruption at the agency.
Moving the motion on Wednesday,
Ohuabunwa said public agencies have moved away from focusing on serving the
citizens “to furthering impunity that borders on personality cults”.
“That major crises have been
brewing at the NHIS over allegations of high-handedness, budget distortion,
fraudulent cost manipulation, illegal investments and unprofessional
manipulation of the human resources of the agency; all these being issues that
have pitched NHIS against its employees and its board while jeopardising the
interests of the general public,” the senator said.
“The same situation is also
applicable in the NPHCDA – where the executive director has been accused of
high-handedness, reckless spending in the purchase of unwanted vehicles,
intimidation and unwarranted transfer of senior staff members without regards
to due process.
The senator said if nothing is
done on the development, “the important roles of our public agencies in
advancing the economic, social and general well-being of our citizens will be
seriously impaired, and our nascent democracy will gradually lose its steam to
emerging impunity of government appointed self-serving titans now looming
large”.
The committees are expected to
present their report in two weeks.
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