- Governing Council of the NHIS has disclosed the impending danger that may hit the scheme
- The council said corruption will eventually lead to the end of the scheme soon if not checked
- It noted that the budget deficit trend and the management fiscal indiscipline must be curbed
The Governing Council of Nigeria’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) raised the alarm that if proactive measures are not put in place, the scheme would collapse within the next three years.
The authority said: “This tipping point may occur sooner if remittances decline further, budget deficit trend persists and the management fiscal indiscipline continues.”
Premium Times reports that the council explained how “pervasive corruption and turmoil which is past, present and ongoing” will eventually lead to the end of the scheme soon if not checked.
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According to the council, “Our dreams to contribute the rich resources of members’ professional, corporate and administrative experiences to add value to FGN vision for the agency is constantly frustrated by non-collegial leadership approach of the executive secretary.
“We are pained that council meetings are reduced to acrimonious and confrontational platform for management staff and ES to air petitions and counter petitions of corruption and present frivolous housekeeping matters. In fact, council efforts to restore the agenda, refocus the agency and on a strategic path and change the narrative is resisted at every turn.”
“In fact, we must reiterate that with current deficit budget trends and dwindling net reserve funds, the probability of the scheme collapsing withing three years is high.
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“This tipping point may occur sooner if remittances decline further, budget deficit trend persists and the management fiscal indiscipline continues.”
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that the executive secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme, Usman Yusuf, described his suspension by the governing board as “a coup against transparency.’’
He said that the suspension was ordered to prevent him from exposing high-level corruption at the agency. Yusuf stated this while taking his turn at the ongoing investigation into the NHIS crisis by a House of Representatives Ad hoc committee, on Friday, October 2, in Abuja.
He said he was suspended in October, 2018 because it was the day he was due to present to the Board a report of the violation of the public procurement processes at the agency. He also alleged that he was suspended because he refused to release N975 million to the ministry of health.
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