Executive Secretary of the
National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Usman Yusuf, has claimed that he was
suspended for refusing to release N975million to the Ministry of Health.
Yusuf has made this known
on Friday when he appeared before the House of Representatives panel
investigating his suspension.
He said his “refusal” to
grant the request from the Health ministry “led to the setting up of a panel to
probe me.”
“And the panel delivered as
the panelists were given N19 million, even the security too were given money,”
he said..
He added: “Why was I
suspended on October 18 and not 19th of October? The 18th of October was the
day I was going to present a result of the forensic audit of the activities of
HMOs.
“Eighteenth of October was
nothing but preemptive coup at the NHIS. It was a gang up to stop my fight
against corruption.
“These are all allegations
that have been recycled. They were all investigated by the ICPC and EFCC; and
they found nothing and I was cleared. They wrote to me clearing me.”
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