House Vows to Recover Billions of Naira from Insurance Companies

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The House of Representatives has vowed to recover billions of naira paid to different Insurance companies by the federal government as premium on non-existent Head of Service (HoS) Group Life Insurance scheme between 2014 and 2019.


The HoS scheme, which was described as the biggest scheme in the Nigeria insurance industry cuts across over 100 government Ministries, Agencies and Departments (MDAs).


The Chairman of the House Committee on Insurance and Actuarial Matters, Hon. Darlington Nwokeocha, disclosed this while briefing journalists on Thursday in Abuja after a two-week investigative hearing, saing despite the huge amount of public fund sunk into the project, there was nothing to show for it.



Some of the affected MDAs included the Nigerian Military, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Nigeria Police, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS), Federal Fire Service, Ministries of Defence, Communications and Digital Economy, Science and Technology, Police Affairs, Education, Health, Ministry of Agriculture among others.

 



The Chairman said: “This investigation is as a result of the petitions of over 2,000 persons across Nigeria who felt that there suspected breaches and infractions on insurance act provisions.


“We have been able to unravel certain facts, however, the committee has not concluded its investigations, but to the extent we have heard from the insurance companies that did business with the Head of Service of the Federation (HoS) and other institutions of the government. It is becoming very clear that the laws guiding insurance practice in Nigeria are not being obeyed.



“And these are the laws that ensure proper operations in the industry, and in the wisdom of the House, they have directed the Committee on Insurance and Actuarial Matters to look into these issues to assuage the feelings of these petitioners."



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