ICT will solve 80% NHIS “transparency” challenges – Executive Secretary
Robust deployment of Information and Communication Technology will solve 80 per cent of the “unacceptable transparency” challenges of theMohammed Sambo, the executive secretary of the scheme, said this when he visited the Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Ibrahim Oloriegbe, at the National Assembly complex in Abuja, according to a Tuesday statement by Ayo Osinlu, the NHIS spokesperson.
Mr Sambo also highlighted “ten action points from the white paper on the Independent Fact-Finding Panel that investigated the recent crisis in the organisation as additional undertakings of the government aimed at repositioning the scheme, particularly in the areas of staff audit, financial management systems, procurement, internal audit and labour relations.
In his remarks, Mr Oloriegbe congratulated the scribe of NHIS, describing his appointment as critical for the agency and the nation “especially at this time”. “Senator Oloriegbe advised the NHIS helmsman to give immediate attention to the challenges of the Scheme, particularly in the areas of human resources, stakeholder interests and minimal coverage.”
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