Saturday, 15 July 2017

Suspension of NHIS boss by Health Minister is witch hunt —Hon Chike Okafor


Judging from the petitions of financial misappropriations against the suspended ES, was it not right that he was suspended by the Minister to pave the way for proper investigations?
There are also allegations against the minister but the president has not suspended him. Today, ICPC is investigating the allegations on what happened between the minister and the former acting ES. Petitions are there that vehicles were bought for the ministry and the ministry officials and the minister are using the vehicles. These are petitions before the ICPC. And then the president has not suspended the minister and the petitions which we think were sponsored against the ES are flimsy. Believe you me, by the posture of Professor Yusuf before, during and after the public hearing, I think that the man is working in tandem with the anti-corruption crusade of the president. How many chief executives have come publicly to say the agencies we are heading are corrupt and they are cleaning it? Over 23,000 enrollees are padded and the man found out and told the world. When you said enrollees, it means that capitations are paid on those ghost enrollees. Multiply the amount which they pay as capitation which is about N850 every month by 23,000. This man gave us the information. We didn’t find out. He was on oath and couldn’t have lied at the two-day public hearing. And one week later, you woke and heard that the man had been suspended. No sane Nigerian will not believe that the witch cried in the night and the baby died in the morning. We don’t have the power to hire or suspend, but let the world hear that we think that the suspension of Professor Yusuf has to do with his anti-corruption stance.

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