THE Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday fixed June 30 for judgment on the legality of the controversial Control of Infectious Diseases Bill 2020, widely referred to as the National Centre for Diseas
e Control Bill.
The bill also sought to empower the government to, upon mere suspicion that a person is infected with an infectious disease, arrest and detain the person for as long as necessary, among others. The respondents to the suit are the Clerk of the National Assembly, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami, and the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu.
But the judge in declining to grant the prayer said she preferred to hear the substantive suit instead of issuing an interlocutory order.
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