THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered N5.4billion out of N12.085 billion allegedly carted away by some former officials of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
The agency’s Executive Secretary, Prof. Muhammad Nasir Sambo, disclosed this yesterday, when he led the management of the agency on a courtesy visit to the headquarters of the EFCC in Abuja.
Sambo said he won’t join those mismanaging the resources of the country.
“In total, the EFCC has been able to recover about N5.4billion for us out of the N12.085 billion that has been trapped. This is a monumental achievement and that is why we will ensure that we remain good partners to the EFCC. I assure that every kobo recovered will be judiciously utilized,” he said.
The NHIS boss also updated the anti-graft agency on the reform efforts at the NHIS, which he said included the recruitment of health professionals to enhance the capacity of the scheme to respond to the yearning of subscribers and other stakeholders in the sector.
In his reaction, the Executive Chairman of EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, who was represented by the Director of Operations, Abdulkarim Chukkol, reiterated the commission’s resolve to work with the NHIS in achieving universal health coverage.
“The EFCC has no choice but to work with you to make you succeed. We will always see to it that the investigation that we are doing, we will continue with it. We are happy that it is yielding results and all the monies or funds that are recovered are being put to good use.
“So, we will not relent in our efforts to see that each and every kobo that is lost is recovered for the benefit of the country,” he said.
