Garba Shehu Defends NHIS ES Yusuf Usman, Says Suspension ‘Ethnicised And Politicised’

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Garba%20Shehu Garba Shehu Defends NHIS ES Yusuf Usman, Says Suspension ‘Ethnicised And Politicised’

Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, says the indefitie suspension of Yusuf Usman as Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has been “ethnicised and politicsed”.

Yusuf was suspended on Thursday by the NHIS board but he resumed work on Monday despite protests from  group of staff. Another group of staff protested in support of Yusuf, leading to intervention by a combined team of security operatives.

Speaking on Channels TV’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ in Abuja on Tuesday, Shehu suggested that the suspension did not follow due process.

“Did the board follow due process in suspending this gentleman? There are opinions that said ‘no they haven’t’.

“Again, we all have to do the right thing all the time. I don’t deny the fact that there is a lot of work to do; [the crisis] is complicated by the fact that the…



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