Posted on: Thu 09-07-2020

Following the resolution of the House of Representatives mandating the House Committee on Health Care Services to conduct a One Day Public Hearing on The Under listed Bills: 

1. A Bill For An Act To Establish Cancer Registry To Make Provision For Compilation Of Statistics Record To The Incidence Of Cancer To Provide A Basis For Direction Of Programme For Research And For Cancer Treatment And For Related Matters (HB.110).
2. A Bill For An Act To Amend The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency Act, Cap N69, Laws Of The Federation Of Nigeria, 2004; And For Related Matters (HB.39).
3. A Bill For An Act To Establish The National Blood Service Commission To Coordinate Regulate And Ensure The Provision Of Quality Blood And Blood Products; And Related Matters (HB.181). 

2. In this regard, we are hereby inviting memoranda from all stakeholders particularly from the under listed

1. Ministry of Health 
2. National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHDA). 
3. National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS) 
4. National Agency for Food and Drugs, Administration and Control (NAFDAC) 
5. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) 
6. National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) 
7. Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria 
8. Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria 
9. Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria 
10. Committee of CMDs and MDs 
11. Representative of State Primary Health Care Development Agencies
12. Nigeria Medical Association 
13. Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors 
14. Nigeria Society of Blood Transfusion. 
15. Medicaid Cancer Foundation. 
16. Africa Organization for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC). 
17. World Health Organization (WHO)
18. Health Maintenance Organization (HMOs). 
19. Community Health Practitioners Association 
20. Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria (IHVN), 
21. Family Health International (Fhi 360). 
22. Association of Medical Lab Scientists of Nigeria
23. Nigerian Red Cross Society 
24. Nigerian Society for Hematology and Blood Transfusion. 
25. Society of Family Physicians of Nigeria. 
26. Donor Partners 
27. Coalition of Civil Society Organizations. 
28. Individual/ Organizations affect by the Bills. 
29. General Public.

3. The Committee would also appreciate inputs from the intellectual class such as the Universities and Research institutions. 

4. We humbly request that you send One (1) soft copy in a flash drive and Fifty (50) hard copies of each typed memorandum which should be addressed to The Deputy Director /Clerk Committee on Health Care Services in H102, after Committee Room 17, 1st Floor, white House, House of Representatives Wings, National Assembly Complex, Abuja not later than Wednesday 15th July 2020. Receipt of Memoranda will end on Tuesday 21st July 2020 at 12noon. While the Public Hearing will commence as follows:

Date: Thursday 23rd July 2020

Time: 10:am daily

Venue: Conference Room 028, Zero Floor, New Building, House of Representative Wing, National Assembly Complex, Abuja. 

Please note that the Public Hearing will be conducted in line with COVID-19 Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) guidelines with strict adherence to wearing of face mask and observance of social distancing. 

The General Public is also advised to follow the Public Hearing on the following social Media Accounts: YouTube live, Facebook and Twitter.

Signed: 

Hon. Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu

Chairman Committee on Health Care Services

For further details, Contact the Deputy 

Director/Committee Clerk on 08065923157

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