 The House of Representatives Committee on Health Services has queried the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, over the utilization of 3 million Naira out of 144 million Naira budget reallocation for the agency in 2020. The Honorable Tanko Sonunu-led committee made the disclosure in Abuja during a budget defense session with the NHIS. More in this report. The committee expressed a price that despite not meeting the projected demand of the agency due to cash crunch by the government, the NHIS still did not utilize 3 million Naira out of the 144 budget reallocation released for 2020. Members questioned the rationale behind the onuse 3 million while it was not utilised and where it is right now. In his response, the Executive Secretary Professor Mohammed Sambo says the onutilised fund was rolled over to the 2021 budget to help fund some proposed critical projects. He went further to explain that out of the over 740 million Naira appropriated for 2021, over 400 million Naira has been utilised so far. But this initiative gives you that has been introduced is a platform that can bring individuals, it can bring family, it can bring people from various groups, it can bring people even from diaspora, it can facilitate philanthropists to come and pay premium on behalf of the people in their communities. And this program is also the constituency project for health insurance is also tagged along this gipsy where members of the National Assembly can put some funds in the National Health Insurance scheme with a view to covering the people in their own communities. So this is a platform, we will call it a master's truck that will bring about a total coverage of Nigerian population. The Executive Secretary however, pleaded with the Honourable Sununu-led committee to give the agency time in their next meeting to provide details of how it was utilised.