THE SENATE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA COMMITTEE ON HEALTH CALL FOR MEMORANDA / INVITATION TO PUBLIC HEARING 

 

Invitation to A One Day Public Hearing and Presentation of Memoranda on A Bill for an Act To Repeal the National Health Insurance Scheme Act CAP N42, LFN 2004 And to Enact The National Health Insurance Commission Bill, 2016 (SB.278). 

 

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 Bill, 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 Bill not later than Friday, 12th May, 2017. 

 

In order to facilitate the writing of such memorandum the full text of the Bill 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 Bill should be: 

- Written in English 

- Typed in double line spacing 

- 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. All Ministries of Health in the 36 States and FCT Secretariat of Health 

4. National Health Insurance Scheme 

5. All HMOs 

6. Nigerian Medical Association 

7. Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN 

8. Medical Laboratory Science Council of of Nigeria 

9. Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) 

10. Organized Labor (NLC, TUC, etc.) 

11. Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) 

12. Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria 

13. Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) 

14. Health Record Officers Registration Board of of Nigeria 

15. Medical Rehabilitation Therapist Board of Nigeria.

16. Community Health Practitioners Registration Board of Nigeria

17. Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria.

18. Association of Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria 

19. Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria

20. Health Care Provers Association of Nigeria 

21. Nigerian Dental Association 

22. Optometrist and Dispensing Optician Nigeria Registration Board of Nigeria 

23. Nigeria Optometric Association 

24. Nigeria Orthopedic Association 

25. Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria 

26. All Banks 

27. Insurance Companies 

28. Mutual Health Associations 

29. Insurance Brokers

30. Civil Society Organizations 

31. International Donor Organizations

32. Enrollees 

33. International Labour Organization  

34. All Relevant Professional Bodies, etc. 

 

 

A One Day Public Hearing on the Bill is scheduled to hold on Wednesday, 17th May, 2017 by 12.00 noon in the Senate Conference Hall 022, Ground Floor, New Senate Wing, National Assembly Complex, Abuja.

 

For further enquiries, please contact the Committee Clerk on 0803-320-5115 or e-mail at danladiangulu@gmail,com. 

Signed: Senator Dr. OLANREWAM A. Tejuoso Chairman.