Senate Committee on Health: Call for Memoranda /Invitation to Public Hearing holds June 3 in Abuja

The Committee on Health of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria headed by Dr Olanrewaju Tejuoso, has announced the Call for Memoranda as well as a Public Hearing.



The one-day event is a Public Hearing and Presentation of Memoranda on a Bill for an Act To Amend the Counterfeit and Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Foods (Miscellaneous) Provisions) Act, CAP. C34. Laws of the Federation And For Other Matters Connected Therewith, 2016.

As a follow up to the referral made by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Committee in respect of the foregoing Bill, and in furtherance of best legislative practices of allowing participation by the citizenry in the making of laws for the federation, the Senate Committee on health do hereby invite the Stakeholders and the general public to present to it, written memoranda on the aforementioned Bill not later than Tuesday, 31st May, 2016. In order to facilitate the writing of such memorandum the full text of the Bill could be accessed from the Senate Committee on Health website www.nascard.com.ng or collect in person from the address below:

Office of the Clerk, Senate Committee on Health, Room-1.11, Basement Floor, NEw Senate Wing, National Assembly Complex, Abuja.

All written Memoranda in respect of the Bill should be:
-Written in English
-Typed in double lines spacing
-Presented in not less than 12 hard copies, a softy and addressed

To: The Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, National Assembly Complex, Abuja.

SPECIFICALLY  INVITED ARE THE FOLLOWING:

1. Federal Ministry of Health
2. Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Development
3. Federal Department of Livestock
4. Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Services (NAQS)
5. Federal Ministry of Science and Technology
6. Federal Ministry of Finance
7. Federal Ministry of Justice
8. National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control
9. Consumers Protection Council
10. Federal Produce Inspection Services
11. National Biotechnology Development Agency
12. Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria
13. Manufacturers Association of Nigeria
14. Nutrition Society of Nigeria
15. Nigerian Institute of Food Science Technology
16. World Health Organisation
17. Pharmacists Council of Nigeria
18. Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)
19. Nigerian Customs Service
20. Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)
21. ACPN- Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria
22. USAID
23. Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment
24. Federal Department of Agriculture (FDA)
25. Federal Department of Fisheries
26. Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria
27. Federal Ministry of Environment
28. National Planning Commission
29. Institute of Public Analysis of Nigeria
30. Standard Organisation of Nigeria
31. Nigeria Export Promotion Council
32. National Environmental Standards and Regulation Enforcement Agency
33. Commodities Association of Nigeria
34. Association of Food Beverages and Tobacco Employers
35. Raw Materials Research and Development Council
36. Mycotoxicology Society of Nigeria
37. National Association of Small Scale Industries
38. DFID
39. Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN)
40. PATHS
41. Nigeria Police Force
42. UNICEF
43. PMG-MAN

A One Day Public Hearing is scheduled to hold on Friday, 3rd June, 2016 by 10.00 a.m in the Senate Conference Hall 022, Ground Floor, new Senate Wing, National Assembly Complex, Abuja. 

For further enquires, please contact the Committee Clerk on 08033205115 or email at danladiangulu@gmail.com