The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill 2020, being debated on the floor of the House of Representatives, will be put to public hearing.
The Speaker, who seemed to have bowed to public pressure, stated this during Tuesday’s plenary, at the Lower Chamber of the National Assembly, in Abuja.
He, however, disagreed with those who condemned the timing of the bill, insisting that it was appropriate to enact such a bill at this time.
The Speaker made the remarks against the backdrop of the controversies that have trailed the bill, since when it was speedily passed through the first and second readings on Tuesday, last week.
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