Embattled National Health Insurance Scheme now has a new Executive Secretary as President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked indicted Prof. Usman Yusuf.
The new helmsman is Prof. Mohammed Sambo.
Yusuf his accused of mismanaging huge sums, and had initially been suspended by former Health Minister, Prof. Isaac Adewole.
But the Federal Government had reinstated him and lived with the confusion the mixed decisions caused.
But the Director, Media, Federal Ministry of Health, Mrs. Boade Akinola, has said in a statement that the President had Sambo, as the new head of the NHIS.
The statement read: “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.
“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.
“President Buhari has also approved the appointment of Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu as Director –General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The appointment is in line with the provisions of Section 11(1)(3) of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(Establishment) Act, 2018.”
