The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has arraigned a former Executive-Secretary of the National Health Insurance scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf, before Justice Chinyere E. Nwecheonwu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kuchiako, Kuje.
A press statement by the Head, EFCC Media & Publicity Department, Dele Oyewale, in Abuja, states that Usman was arraigned on a five-count-charge bordering on embezzlement, conferring undue advantage, and fraud to the tune of N90.4 million.
According to him, count one reads: “That you, Prof. Yusuf sometime between 2016 and July 2017, whilst being executive secretary of the NHIS in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, and being a public officer in the services of NHIS used your position to confer unfair advantage to yourself when you approved the purchase of a vehicle for yourself at the cost of N49.197,75, against the appropriated budget sum of N30 million and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 22 and punishable under the same Section of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Act, 2000.”
“Count two reads: “That you, Professor Usman Yusuf sometime between 2016 and 2017 whilst being the Executive Secretary of NHIS in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, and being a public officer in the services of NHIS, knowingly held a private interest in the corporate entity known as GK Kanki Foundation, and without due process, awarded a contract in the sum of N10.1 million, in favour of the GK Kanki Foundation, for the purported training of 90 person, which actual number of participants trained were 45 persons.”
