The Executive Secretary of NHIS, Usman Yusuf, said that, about 23,000 ghost enrolees have been removed from the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS.
misappropriation of n350 billion nhis fund
The removal of the enrolees, who have been enjoying the benefits of the insurance scheme, created disagreement between the NHIS and Health Maintenance Organizations.
Yusuf, made this known in Abuja at the award of ISO/IEC 20000 standard certification to Galaxy Backbone Plc.
The NHIS boss said he worked in collaboration with three other government agencies to remove ghost enrolees who had been enjoying the benefits of the insurance scheme illegally.
He listed the agencies as Galaxy Backbone Plc, Nigeria Communications Satellite Limited and the National Identity Management Commission.
Mr. Yusuf, however, said the exercise has brought a friction between the NHIS and Health Management Organisations in the country.
The NHIS boss said, “I have a crack ICT team and the members have worked with Galaxy Backbone, the NIMC and NigComSat to remove the ghost enrolees.
“For this, the HMOs are fighting me, but we have to make sure that the right people get the money.”
In his contribution, the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung, urged ICT professionals to deploy the use of technology to tackle poverty and youth unemployment.
He noted that youth unemployment, if not addressed, was a time bomb waiting to explode.
Mr. Dalung also challenged ICT experts to come up with innovations that would take Nigeria out of recession.
source:premium times.
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