The Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf, who was suspended inconclusively by the administering board of the NHIS on Thursday, continued work on Friday, disregarding the goals of the committee, Saturday PUNCH can affirm.
It was discovered that Yusuf continued at the head office of the office in Abuja around 10am to the shock of individuals from staff.
In a reminder with reference number NHIS/ES/091/1/192, marked by Yusuf and routed to the administrator of the chamber, Dr. Enyantu Ifenne, the Executive Secretary said just President Muhammadu Buhari could suspend him.
Referring to areas 6, 7 and 8 of the NHIS Act, Yusuf said the gathering just had the forces to deal with the plan and other related exercises, including that he had not been educated of the petitions composed against him.
The notice read to some degree, "As you know, by ethicalness of Section 8 of the NHIS Act, my arrangement, similar to yours, is at the occasion of the President, while the chamber's capacity of arrangement is restricted to chiefs and different representatives of the plan.
"It is, hence, ultra vires or the board to suspend or indicate to suspend me from office to the degree that the said suspension is the privilege of Mr President."
In her response, the executive of the NHIS board recognized receipt of the reminder on Friday.
Executive of the NHIS board, Dr Enyantu Ifenne, in any case, communicated stun over Yusuf's choice to oppose the gathering.
She stated, "Let the individuals who stow away under the front of the Presidency to secure debasement realize that Nigerians are acutely viewing. I am persuaded that if President Buhari is completely informed about a tenth of Yusuf's monstrosities, he will toss him out."
At a preparation in Abuja on Thursday, Ifenne had blamed Yusuf for disobedience, extortion, assertion and other degenerate practices.
She had reported his uncertain suspension and delegated Sadiq Abubakar as the acting Executive Secretary.
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