Tag: Vaccine Bill
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COVID-19: Gates foundation clears air on NCDC bill
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Monday categorically stated that it did not offer members of the House of Representatives or their leadership any monetary grant in respect of the Control of Infectious Disease Bill, 2020. Country Director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Paulin Basinga said this while appearing before the House…
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COVID-19: ‘Court did not halt consideration of vaccine bill’
The House of Representatives has said no court has halted consideration of the infectious diseases bill otherwise known as the vaccine bill. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the House made this known in a statement signed by Rep. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, Spokesperson of the House. According to the House, the purport of the interim order by the…
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NGF urges NASS to step down proposed Control of Infectious Diseases Bill
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has urged the National Assembly to step down the proposed Control of Infectious Diseases Bill 2020, pending wider consultations. The NGF advised the lawmakers to stay action until an appropriate consultative process was held on Bill introduced by the House of Representatives. The 36 states governors made the call in…
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Vaccine Bill: Gbajabiamila led House announces two-day public hearing
…to Oversight Covid-19 Spendings The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has assured that transparency and accountability will be upheld in the conduct of the public hearing stage of the Control of Infectious Disease Bill, 2020. The Speaker said the public hearing, which is expected to take place in the next few…
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ANALYSIS: What Nigerians should not know about the infectious diseases bill 2020 – Rep Kingsley Chinda
By Rep Kingsley Chinda I should start this analysis by commending the sponsors of the Bill for the idea that there is need to review and update our health laws as it has to do with infectious diseases. What I call the spirit behind the law is very laudable but the letters of the law…
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UPDATED: Gbajabiamila makes u-turn, says Vaccine Bill must undergo public hearing
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila on Tuesday made a u-turn declaring that the Infectious Disease Bill, 2020 will undergo a public hearing. The speaker made this disclosure in a statement made available to the press immediately before plenary on Tuesday. Gbajabiamila who last week Tuesday during plenary clearly stated that the…
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BREAKING: Gbajabiamila bows to pressure, makes a u-turn on Vaccine Bill
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila on Tuesday made a u-turn declaring that the Infectious Disease Bill, 2020 will undergo a public hearing. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Speaker Gbajabiamila made this disclosure in a statement made available to the press immediately before plenary on Tuesday. “The Control of Infectious Diseases Bill will be…
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Vaccine Bill: You can’t force it down our throats, Rep Kwewum tells Gbajabiamila
Rep Rima Shawulu Kwewum, a member representing Takum/Donga/Ussa/Yangtu Federal Constituency, Taraba State on Monday told the Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Hakeem Gbajabiamila that he can’t force the Vaccine Bill down the throats of Nigerians. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG), reports that the Lawmaker who appeared on a national television programme said the vaccine Bill if…