Usman Yusuf

The axe finally fell on Usman Yusuf last week Monday to herald an end of a stormy three-year stint as Executive Secretary (ES) of Nigeria’s health insurance scheme, NHIS. Fettered with crisis and controversies, Mr Yusuf’s reign at the…

Mohammed Sambo has become the sixth substantive head of Nigeria’s Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), after his appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari following the sack of Usman Yusuf. Mr Sambo was still serving as the provost of the…

The Federal Government has paid the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf, N13.8m in salary and allowances despite being indicted by a committee set up by the government to probe him.…

The poor structure of the Act establishing Nigeria’s Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is the major cause of various crises that have trailed the scheme over the years, the Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has said. The minister also…

The Governing Council of Nigeria’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) says the scheme is near a “tipping point” and may collapse within the next three years unless urgent measures are taken. “This tipping point may occur sooner if…

Long before the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) made the headlines with the recent crisis surrounding its repeatedly suspended Executive Secretary, Usman Yusuf, the Auditor-General of the Federation (AuGF) raised an alarm on how…

Two labor unions on Tuesday renewed their resolve to sustain their ongoing protest over the suspension of Prof. Usman Yusuf, the Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme by the Governing Council of the organization. The…

Intrigues, confrontation and infighting have been the lot of Nigeria’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) since its Executive Secretary, Usman Yusuf, assumed office. One of the latest intrigues in the scheme is its governing…

The Nigerian government says it will take appropriate steps to ‘restore peace’ the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). This was disclosed by the health minister in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Monday afternoon. The…

Three unions with members in the  National Health Insurance Scheme office on Monday protested the resumption of its suspended Executive Secretary, Professor Usman Yusuf. The unions are the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria,…