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Alleged Financial Impropriety: Reps Ask NHIS To Account For unutilised N3m in 2020 budgetary allocation

…as agency introduces new package to benefit Nigerians in private sector

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The House of Representatives has ordered the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to give account of the sum of N3 million that was not utilised in the N144million budgetary allocation for the agency in 2020, reports Page3news.com.ng.

Hon Tanko Sonunu, Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Health gave the directive on Wednesday during a budget defence session with NHIS.

Executive Secretary, NHIS, Professor Mohammed Sambo who appeared before the Committee, explained that out of the N144 million that was released for 2020 budget, over N140 million were utilised.

Prof Sambo also said for 2021, out of over N740 million appropriated for, over N400 million have been utilised.

Members of the committee while questioning the agency on its expenditure for 2020, discovered that N3million was not utilised of the amount released.

The agency in its response said the N3 million was rolled over to the 2021 budgetary allocation.

In its quest to further inquire of the said descripancy, the Executive Secretary of NHIS pleaded that the Sonunu led committee to give them time in their next meeting to provide details of how it was utilised.

Meanwhile, the NHIS has disclosed that Nigerians who are not in the government or private sector payroll can now benefit from the National Health Insurance Scheme through a new package called Giftship.

Speaking with newsmen shortly after the budget defence of the agency, Executive Secretary of NHIS, Prof Mohammed Sambo explained that “Giftship is a platform that can bring in individuals, families, people from various groups, people from diaspora. It can facilitate philanthropists to come and get premium on behalf of people in their communities”.

According to Prof Sambo, this programme is also tagged in the constituency project where members of the national assembly can put some funds in the National Health Insurance Scheme. They can do it to cover patients in their own communities.

“So this is a platform. We call it a master stroke that will bring about the total coverage of the Nigerian population. If you’re a philanthropist, you can pay like N15 million and cover over one thousand people. If you pay N30 million, you can cover two thousand people”, he said.

The agency noted that the new platform has the same package with the already existing one.

Tags: Chairman House of Representatives Committee on HealthExecutive SecretaryHon Tanko SonunuNational Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)NHISProfessor Mohammed Sambo
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