President Muhammadu Buhari has finally sacked Usman Yusuf, the embattled executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
This comes Seven months after Mr. Yusuf was recommended for dismissal.
The director, media, ministry of health, Boade Akinola, announced this in a statement on Monday saying the president has approved the appointment of Mohammed Sambo, as the new head of NHIS.
Mrs. Akinola stated that the sack of controversial Yusuf is in tandem with the recommendation of a panel set up to probe the crisis in the scheme.
The statement read partly, “Following the recommendations of report by an independent fact finding panel on the NHIS, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the termination of appointment of the Executive Secretary, Prof. Usman Yusuf, who has been on administrative leave and has approved the appointment of Prof. Mohammed Sambo as the new executive secretary,” the statement read.
“Similarly, the President also approved the dissolution of the governing board of the NHIS and directed the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health to exercise full powers of the council pending the constitution of a new board.”
It added that Buhari had reappointed Chikwe Ihekweazu as director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
A panel set by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation had last December recommended Yusuf for dismissal for alleged fraud and other misdemeanours.
Also a panel set up by the Federal Ministry of Health had in 2017 recommended his dismissal following findings that he allegedly mismanaged N919m.
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