Govs Want Disease Control Bill 'Stepped down
Raise concern over recovered Abacha lootGovernors of the 36 states of the federation have kicked against the controversial infectious disease bill currently before the National Assembly and unanimously asked that it should be stepped down for now.
Rising from their eighth virtual meeting Thursday, the governors also raised a committee to interface with the leadership of National Assembly, while also calling for more consultations and the need for a public hearing on bill the after the interface. Also, the governors raised concerns over the continued spike in the coronavirus, restating the need for more measures by the states to ramp up the fight against the virus.
A communiqué released after the meeting said the governor also expressed concern over the management and disbursements of the recovered funds stolen by former military Head of State, Late General Sani Abacha.
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