On July 2, 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari sacked Prof. Usman Yusuf from his position as Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The President sacked Prof. Yusuf following recommendations from a panel set up by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation in December 2018 to investigate allegations leveled against him by workers of the organization. The panel, recommended that the president dismiss him from office.