Alleged fraud: NHIS account not compromised - Official
- The National Health Insurance Scheme says its account was not hacked
- Ayo Osinlu, the spokesman of the NHIS, made this known in a statement sent to journalists
- The spokesman reassured stakeholders and the public that NHIS would not tolerate any breach of trust or guidelines under its operations
National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), on Sunday, September 29, dismissed allegations that the organisation’s account was hacked for fraudulent operation by the staff of a Health Maintenance Organisation (HMO).
Ayo Osinlu, the spokesman of the NHIS, made this known in a statement sent to journalists, adding that the discovery of the fraud operations led to the arrest of two persons.
His words: “The discovery of fraud in the operations of one of the Health Maintenance Organisation (HMO), Clearline International Limited, led to the arrest of two persons, one of whom a staff of the HMO concerned.
“This has come to the attention of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).’’
He said that the seriousness of the crime, the huge sum of money involved, as well as reference to NHIS’ account being hacked compelled the scheme to clarify the true situation of things.
He said that “NHIS has no account anywhere else outside the federal government’s Treasury Single Account (TSA) in custody of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
“It is therefore not possible that the perpetrators of this heinous crime hacked into the account of NHIS.
“In the spirit of the scheme’s ongoing rebranding reform, of which transparency and accountability is a major factor, a management committee has been constituted the day after the crime was reported.
“This is to ascertain the veracity of the allegation, the actual sum involved and circumstances that facilitated the commission of the crime, among other terms of reference.’’
He reassured stakeholders and the public that NHIS would not tolerate any breach of trust or guidelines under its operations.
Recall that the police in Lagos had arrested two lovers, Tunde Ogunseye and Funmilayo Oyelaja, for allegedly hacking into the NHIS account.
The couple was reported to have stolen N60 million from the account and have been on the police wanted list. It was reported that the duo fled to Ghana after the act.
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