The Sanate Committee of Health Call for Memoranda/Invitation to Public Hearing


Posted on: Fri 20-05-2016

Invitation to A One Day Public Hearing and Presentation of Memoranda on A Bill for an Act To Amend the Counterfeit and Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, CAP C34, Laws of the Federation And For Other Matters Connected Therewith, 2016. 
 
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 Tuesday, 31' May, 2016.
 
In order to facilitate the writing of such memorandum the full text of the Bill could be accessed from the Senate Committee on Health website www.nascard.com.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 12 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 Industry, Trade & Investment 
3. Federal Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development
4. Federal Department of Agriculture (FDA)  
5. Federal Department of Livestock 
6. Federal Department of Fisheries 
7. Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Services (NAQS) 
8. Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria 
9. Federal Ministry of Science and Technology 
10. Federal Ministry of Environment 
11. Federal Ministry of Finance
12. National Planning Commission  
13. Federal Ministry of Justice 
14. Institute of Public Analysis of Nigeria 
15. National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control 
16. Standard Organization of Nigeria 
17. Consumers Protection Council 
18. Nigeria Export Promotion Council 
19. Federal Produce Inspection Services
20. Commodities Association of Nigeria  
21. National Biotechnology Development Agency 
22. National Environmental Standards and Regulation Enforcement Agency
23. Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria 
24. Association of Food Beverage & Tobacco Employers 
25. Manufacturers Association of Nigeria 
26. Raw Materials Research and Development Council 
27. Nutrition Society of Nigeria 
28. Mycotoxicology Society of Nigeria 
29. Nigerian Institute of Food Science Technology 
30. National Association of Small Scale Industrialists 
31. World Health Organization 
32. DFID 
33. Pharmacists Council of Nigeria 
34. Pharmaceutical Society of Nigerian (PSN) 
35. Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) 
36. PATHS 38 Nigeria Police Force 
37. Nigerian Customs Service 
38. Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) 
39. UNICEF 
40. ACPN - Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria 43 USAID 
41. PMG - MAN 
 
A One Day Public Hearing on the Bill is scheduled to hold on Friday, 3' June, 2016 by 10.00 a.m. 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 [email protected] 
 
SIGNED: 
Senator, Dr. OLANREWAJU A. Tejuoso 
CHAIRMAN