“Finally, while cautioning on certain human rights violations in the proposed bill, governors also highlighted potential contraventions of the Nigerian constitution.” Nigeria NCDC
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has called for a review of the discretionary powers of the president and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control as contained in the proposed Control of Infectious Diseases Bill, 2020 . NGF made this call in a communiqué at the end of the forum’s tenth teleconference meeting.
“Establish States Centres for Disease Control. The discretionary powers of Mr. President and the Director General as contained in the proposed bill should be reviewed. He called on governors that had not domesticated the Violence Against Persons Act, the Child Rights Act and relevant gender-based protection laws to do so.
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