Posted on: Wed 02-12-2020

Invitation to A One Day Public Hearing and Presentation of Memoranda on: 

(I) FEDERAL COLLEGE OF TRADITIONAL, COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE OF NIGERIA (ESTABLISHMENT, ETC.) BILL, 2020 (SB.394) 

(II) SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA (CONTROL AND PREVENTION) BILL, 2020 (SB.166)

As a follow up to the referral made by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Committee in respect of the foregoing Bills and in furtherance of best legislative practices of allowing participation by the citizenry in the making of laws for the Federation, the Senate Committee on Health do hereby invite the Stakeholders and the general public to present to it, written memoranda on the aforementioned Bills on or before Monday, 14th December, 2020.

In order to facilitate the writing of such memorandum the full text of the Bills could be accessed from the National Assembly website www.nass.gov.ng or collected in person from the address below: 

Office of the Clerk, Senate Committee on Health, Room - 1-11, Basement Floor, New Senate Wing, National Assembly Complex, Abuja. 

All written memoranda in respect of the Bills should be: 

• Written in English 
• Type in double line space  
• Presented in not less than 15 hard copies, a soft copy and addressed

To: The Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, National Assembly Complex, Abuja. 

Specifically invited are the following: 

1. Federal Ministry of Health 
2. Federal Ministry of Justice 
3. Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) 
4. Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) 
5. Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) 
6. Organized Labor (NLC, TUC, etc.) 
7. Human Rights Watch 
8. Civil Society Organizations 
9. International Donor Organizations/Development Partners (WHO, UNICEF, etc.) 
10. Association of Classical Homeopathy of Nigeria 
11. Acupuncture Society of Nigeria 
12. Naturopathic Medicine Practitioners of Nigeria 
13. Association of Certified Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practitioners 
14. Osteopathy Society of Nigeria 
15. Chiropractor Association of Nigeria
16. Federation of Women Natural Medicine Practitioners of Nigeria 
17. Association of Physician of Natural Medicine 
18. National Union of Medical Herbal Practitioners of Nigeria 
19. Traditional Bone Setter Association 
20. Traditional Birth Assistance Association 
21. Medicinal Plant Breeders Association of Nigeria 
22. Cam Therapist Society of Nigeria 
23. Nutritional Supplement Marketers Association 
24. Sickle Cell Foundation of Nigeria 
25. National Health Insurance Commission 
26. National Population Commission 
27. Tonymay Foundation 
28. Kebbi State Sickle Cell Association 
29. Sickle Cell Aid Foundation 
30. Sickle Cell Support Society of Nigeria
31. All Medical Professional Bodies 
32. All Medical Professional Associations 

A One Day Public Hearing on the Bills is scheduled to hold Monday, 14th December, 2020 by 10:00am at the Senate Conference Room 231, Second Floor, New Senate Wing, National Assembly Complex, Abuja.

For further inquiries, please contact the committee clerk on 08033205115 or e-mail at [email protected]

Signed:

Senator Dr. Ibrahim Y. Oloriegbe

Chairman

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