No matter how much
President Muhammadu Buhari strives at every critical juncture to portray his
so-called anti-corruption fight as incontestable reality, it often unravels as
an unrelieved charade before the citizens. This irrevocable futility has once
again gained expression through the case of Usman Yusuf as a foil for the
acclaimed Buhari’s lack of tolerance for corruption at a time there is a list
of 50 corrupt persons, albeit disavowed by the government. Those on the list
have been embargoed from travelling abroad while the nation’s law courts have
not found them guilty of the allegation of ruthlessly heisting the national
treasury or their state patrimony.
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| *Usman Yusuf |
Yusuf is the Executive Secretary of the National
Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). He has been suspended from office by the
agency’s governing council led by Dr. Ifene Enyantu. There are allegations of
corruption against him. He has been accused of illegally executing N30 billion
investments, inflating the cost of biometric capturing machines and unlawfully
posting staff.
