Members of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Healthcare Services yesterday threatened to prosecute erring official of the Health Management Organisations (HMOs) over alleged misappropriation of N350 billion.
Nigerians contributed the fund toward the implementation of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).At an investigative hearing in Abuja, Chairman of the Committee, Chike Okafor, directed NHIS to halt the payment of allocation to all the HMOs, pending the conclusion of the investigative hearing scheduled for next month.
According to Guardian News, Okafor promised to conduct the public hearing on a national television, stressing, “The activities of the HMOs are another fuel subsidy scam.” The committee stressed the need for the actualisation of universal health coverage for all Nigerians, particularly children, women, vulnerable groups and the unemployed across the country.
NHIS
Executive Secretary, Mahmud Yusuf admitted that the agency had failed to
discharge its statutory responsibility, adding that only four per cent of
Nigerians are presently covered by the scheme, as against 60 per cent
neighbouring countries.
He, however, solicited the assistance of the
committee towards ensuring adequate budgetary provision to the tune of N32.886
billion in 2017, against the sum of N12 million approved in the 2016
Appropriation Act. 
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