Stakeholders in the health sector have urged the National Assembly to fast-track the process of passing the health bills into law to strengthen Nigeria’s capacity to respond to public health emergencies.
The National Assembly is currently collaborating with relevant stakeholders to push a series of public health bills aimed at enhancing the country’s response to public health emergencies. These bills include the ‘Public Health Emergency Bill’, which seeks to provide a comprehensive legal framework for managing public health emergencies, and the amendment of the ‘National Health Act’, targeted at bridging gaps in extant legislation that hinder effective response to public health emergencies.
