A socio-cultural organization, Edo First, has accused Obaro Ologbo, the South South Zonal Director of the National Health Insurance Authority’s (NHIA) of influencing the relocation of the NHIA office from Benin to Port Harcourt, River State. However, Ologbo described the allegation as a “big, fat lie”, stating that the decision to relocate the office is the decision of the Abuja office. They are North Central Zonal Office (Ilorin); North East Zonal Office (Maiduguri); North West Zonal Office (Kano}; South East Zonal Office (Enugu); South-South Zonal Office (Port Harcourt); South West Zonal Office (Ibadan) and Lagos Zonal Office (Lagos). “All staff are requested to take note.”The group said the decision to relocate its zonal office from Benin City to Port Harcourt, is a deliberate affront on Edo State. The statement read in part, “The relocation of the NHIA from Benin to Port Harcourt can be traced to the zonal director.

Source: Punch February 12, 2026 14:34 UTC