Tag: NHIS
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Edo Assembly passes Health Insurance Commission Bill
The Edo House of Assembly on Monday passed a Bill for a Law to establish the Edo State Health Insurance Commission. The law would enable the state government provide improved and affordable healthcare services to residents. The motion for the house to consider the bill clause by clause was moved by the Deputy Speaker, Justin…
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FG inaugurates investigative panel on NHIS crisis
The Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, on Friday inaugurated a fact-finding committee on National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and advised it to eschew bias in the assignment. At the ceremony in Abuja, Mr Mustapha told members of the Independent Fact-Finding Panel that NHIS had been involved in various crises, which had…
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NHIS Crisis: We were orphaned by suspended Executive Secretary – Workers Union
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria ASCSN has cried foul calling on the Federal Government to come to their rescue as it accuse the Executive Secretary of NHIS Prof Usman Yusuff of orphaning the scheme. The Chairman of the union Mr. Mohammed Shehu Gaji made the appeal at the opening of an investigative…
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Suspension: NHIS boss sues health minister, AGF, agency
The Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf, has sued the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), and the NHIS over his suspension by the governing council of the board. In the suit with the number, FHC/ABJ/CS/1220/2018 filed before the Federal High Court…
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BREAKING: FG asks NHIS boss to proceed on immediate administrative leave
The Federal Government on Wednesday ordered the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf, to proceed on administrative leave immediately. Government has also set up a seven-man panel to investigate the allegations levelled against him by the scheme’s Governing Council, which led to his recent controversial suspension. Details later….
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Save us from quacks, NMA appeals to agencies
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has appealed to the police and other security agencies in the country to assist its efforts to curb quackery in the medical practice. Dr Tunji Omotayo, Chairman, NMA, Ekiti chapter, made the appeal at a news conference on Sunday in Ado Ekiti, to mark the 2018 Physicians Week. According to…
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Presidency defends suspended NHIS boss
The Presidency on Tuesday hailed the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf, for curbing corruption in the NHIS. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said this on Tuesday during an interview on Sunrise Daily, a breakfast show on Channels Television.…
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Reps to wade into NHIS crisis
The House of Representatives on Tuesday says it will constitute an ad-hoc committee to probe the cycle of crisis over the suspension of the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf. The resolution came through a motion under matter of urgent importance sponsored by Mr. Diri Douye (PDP, Bayelsa)…
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Suspension: Why I can’t take orders from governing council – NHIS Executive Secretary
The embattled Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf, on Tuesday opened up on why he refused to heed the orders of the governing council of the scheme directing his immediate suspension. Recall that Yusuf was asked by the council to proceed on suspension on Thursday to allow a panel…
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Fraud: Suspended NHIS boss resumes work, insists only Buhari can sack him
The Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf, who was suspended indefinitely by the governing council of the NHIS on Thursday, resumed work on Friday, ignoring the resolution of the council. It was learnt that Yusuf resumed at the head office of the agency in Abuja around 10am to the surprise…