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We have recovered another 1.4bn naira for NHIS – EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has recovered an additional sum of one billion, four hundred million naira (N1.4 Billion) for the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS.

EFCC in a statement via its verified Twitter handle, the commission said the money was part of the funds which some commercial banks ‘fraudulently’ refused to transmit to the Treasury Single Account, TSA, since 2015.

The statement further said the money had been released to the NHIS since August 5, 2022.

It also revealed that the Commission had in similar fashion on February 10, 2022, released a sum of N1.5bn to the scheme.

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