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Before We Crucify Usman Yusuf NHIS BOSS


  • The purported suspension of Mr. Usman Yusuf the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme by the Governiing Council of the scheme has raised a lot of dusts especially considering his refusal to yield to the decision of the Council citing the lack of constitutional rights by the Council to send him on suspension.
    Since the emergence of the present Executive Secretary and the way and manner he has run the Scheme over the past three years he has been there as its head, it is not unexpected to witness the kind of gang up and blackmail he has received. What seems to bother most of us who are watchers of the happenings at the National Health Insurance Scheme NHIS is why the Governing Council of the Scheme will decide to fall to the whims and caprices of enemies of the Scheme and allow itself to be used as a destabilising force against Usman Yusuf.
    The decision of the Labour Union to join the charade that is going on against the Executive Secretary aside been laughable has also raised eyebrows of Nigerians as to the interest of the Labour on the matter. This is important because the Nigerian Labour movement has decided to turn itself to a cash and carry movement which does not have the interest of the generality of Nigerian workers at heart. I am a Nigerian worker and can authouritatiely state that the Labour movement has been hijacked and those that are fighting the Executive Secretary of the NHIS using Labour are one of such people that have hijacked the Labour movement.
    Since the emergence of the embattled Executive Secretary, he has brought in a lot of changes at the Scheme which has reduced the level of sleaze that has affected the running of the scheme before now. The changes have affected the agents of the NHIS who have stolen so much from the Scheme while delivering nothing. This is the basis of the quarrel which has resulted to the blackmail which the Executive Secretary is facing today. These agents who have fleeced the Scheme to amounts running to billions of naira have the money to buy off anyone including members of the Council as well as the gullible Labour people.
    The level of blackmail is evident in the statement credited to Mrs. Ifenne who is the Chairman of the Council when she said that if President Muhammadu Buhari is made aware of one tenth of the atrocities committed by the Executive Secretary, he will be sacked. The question is considering the weighty issues they have alleged against the Executive Secretary which led to the illegal suspension done by the minister of Health last year and now the Governing Council, so they have not compiled the allegations and sent to Mr. President talk less of him not been aware of one tenth of the allegations? These people at the Council are either ignorant or think they can play on the psyche of Nigerians by calling a hardworking person like the Executive Secretary of the  NHIS a thief in order to hang him. Mr. Usman Yusuf rather than being castigated should be praised for saving the Scheme from scavengers that have destroyed the country through uncontrolled greed. The country has bled too much due to the activities of these people especially under previous administrations and cannot continue to do so under this administration that has zero tolerance for corruption. It is a well-known that there have been corruption under the Scheme before Usman Yusuf came on board. Why were previous occupants not fought the way they are doing if not because those fighting him thinks things are not going the normal corrupt way?
    In explaining its decision to rescind the suspension of the NHIS boss by the Minister of Health, the Presidency explained that accepting the suspension of  Usman Yusuf cannot stand because such allegations cannot be substantiated. The Economic and financial Crimes Commission EFCC as well as the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission’s hands are tied because there is no verifiable evidence against him. Those that are been used by the enemies of the country who have stolen our resources over the years and have turned to billionaires over night while Nigerians suffer should please understand that this country must move forward from corrupt practices and support the likes of President Muhammadu Buhari and Yusuf Usman who are ensuring that the right thing is done not minding the vicissitudes.


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