The Senate and the House of Representatives are in the league, to push through passage of a controversial bill to combat the Coronavirus pandemic.
The Bill on Control of Infectious Diseases 2020, vests overbearing discretionary powers on the Director-General of the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) which has passed first and second readings at the House of Representatives surfaced on Tuesday at the Senate.
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The bill, sponsored by Senator representing Enugu North who incidentally is the Chairman Senate Committee on Primary Health and Communicable Diseases, Chukuwuka Utazi has a new title, National…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
