Covid-19: Governors ask NASS to suspend Infectious Diseases Bill

Governors in Nigeria has asked the National Assembly to suspend the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill, 2020.

The Governors, at the 8th COVID-19 teleconference of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), expressed discomfort that they were not consulted on the Bill despite being at the forefront of efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, the Nation reports.

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On Wednesday at the NGF’s meeting held “the governors raised concern with the lack of consultation with State Governments, who are at the forefront of the epidemic.

*The forum resolved that the Bill should be stepped down until an appropriate consultative process is held, including a public hearing to gather public opinion and concerns,” NGF’s spokesman, Abdulrazague Bello-Barkindo said in a statement.