Reactions have begun to trail the reinstatement of Usman Yusuf as the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) after he was indicted for corruption and suspended on July 6, 2017.
President Muhammadu Buhari had overlooked Yusuf’s suspension by the Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, and directed the ministry of health to reinstate the NHIS boss on Tuesday.
The NHIS boss’ recall was contained in a circular issued to the ministry by Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari.
Nigerians have, however, taken to Facebook and Twitter to express displeasure with the recall of Yusuf who was indicted for 919 million fraud.
Reno Omokri, a media aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, said of Yusuf’s recall on Wednesday: “So Buhari will pretend not to be aware of revelations by a former acting DG of the NIA on how Buhari’s chief of Staff tried to extort $2 million from him.
“This on the same day the President reinstated the allegedly legendarily corrupt suspended NHIS boss. Anti-corruption my foot!
“According to Punch ‘When we reached out to him to respond to the allegations against him, Yusuf said, “F*ck you, and f*ck the minister’-Yet, this man has been reinstated by Buhari as Head of NHIS after being suspended for a ₦1 billion scam. And we are fighting corruption!” said Omokri.
Here are other Twitter reactions to the reinstatement of the NHIS boss:
