The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said on Friday that it returned the sum of N1.55billion to the coffers of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
In s statement signed by the spokesperson of the commission, Wilson Uwugiaren, the money was returned to NHIS on February 10, 2022.
According to the anti-graft commission, the fund was part of monies which some commercial banks fraudulently withheld and refused to transmit to the Treasury Single Account (TSA) since 2015.
The agency had on September 16, 2021 released N1.3 billion also recovered from the banks to the health insurance scheme.
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