Court has not stopped consideration of infectious diseases bill – Reps ..
The House of Representatives has said that the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has not stopped it from carrying out its legislative functions in the consideration of the Control of Infectious Diseases bill which has been committed to public hearing.
Spokesman of the House, Benjamin Kalu, said in a statement on Sunday the reports alleging that the court has stopped further consideration of the bill was meant to mislead the Nigerian people. The statement reads: “The House of Representatives notes with dismay the erroneous reports by certain print and online media outfits, in what appears to be wilful or malicious misinterpretations of the decision of the court in suit no FHC/ABJ/CS/463/2020 on 13th May 2020, asserting that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the House to suspend the ongoing process of the consideration of the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill, 2020 ; a misrepresentation of facts which has in turn...
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