Governor Okowa's 'Ally' Nkechika Rocked By 'N500m Fraud' At Delta Contributory Health Commission

"Some time ago, the sum of N350 million was released by the state government as a take-off grant meant to purchase computers, furniture and other vital needs of the commission, but this sum was misappropriated by the DG with fictitious vouchers. As we speak, millions of Naira are deducted every month from civil servants’ salaries to access medical services at designated hospitals and health care centres, but at the end no services are rendered
"Another N150 million contingency fund of the commission, as well as N90 million released for advocacy by the commission, were also embezzled through fraudulent projects. The widespread corruption in the commission is being carried out by the DG in collaboration with some staff and government officials. The DG also gives kickbacks to some state government officials as well.”

"Things are not working here in the Delta State Contributory Health Commission. Since the commission was set up, nothing has been achieved apart from fraud and continued deductions of salaries of civil servants monthly, without rendering the services for which these salaries are being deducted every month. Nobody is talking because of fear, not even the health commissioner," another source in the commission alleged.
"The state primary healthcare agency does not even have any atom of knowledge of how the commission is being run by the Director-General. This was how Nkechika kept the former health commissioner, Nicholas Azinge, in the dark till the Commissioner was fired by the Governor. The highhandedness of the DG has gone out of control. He bought a new jeep, plots of land in core areas in Asaba and built two multi-million naira mansions in Abuja."