Witness: Ex-NHIA boss bypassed procurement rules

Witness: Ex-NHIA boss bypassed procurement rules

A prosecution witness in the trial of former National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Executive Secretary, Professor Usman Yusuf, has told the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Kuje, Abuja, that a vehicle supply contract awarded under Yusuf’s leadership bypassed due procurement procedures.

James Balami, Director of Procurement at NHIA and the second prosecution witness (PW2), disclosed on Thursday before Justice Chinyere E. Nwecheonwu, alleging that the contract awarded to Lubekh Nigeria Ltd did not pass through the Authority’s Procurement Department.