The anti-doping bill, proposed to prohibit Nigerian athletes from using performance-enhancing drugs and other substances during or after sporting competitions, passed its second reading in the Senate on Wednesday.
The Executive bill, forwarded to the Senate by President Bola Tinubu last week, is expected to receive accelerated passage ahead of the Paris Olympics kicking off in July.
The long title of the bill reads, “A Bill for an Act to Domesticate and Enforce in Nigeria the International Convention against Doping in Sports, Establish the Nigeria Anti-Doping Centre to Implement Nigeria’s Obligations to the World Anti-Doping Code, International Standards and for Related Matters,…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
