A BILL FOR COMPULSORY HIV, HEPATITIS, SICKLE CELL TEST PASS SECOND READING IN ZAMFARA ASSEMBLY
A BILL FOR COMPULSORY HIV, HEPATITIS, SICKLE CELL TEST PASS SECOND READING IN ZAMFARA ASSEMBLY
The Zamfara State House of Assembly, had passed to second reading, a private member bill to provide a law for compulsory free pregnancy, HIV AIDS, Hepatitis, Sickle Cell Test, before marriage in the state.
This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Thursday, by Malam Mustafa Jafaru Kaura the Director- General, Press Affairs and Public Relations of the house.
Jafaru Kaura said that the house considered a bill for a law to provide for a free and compulsory HIV/AIDS, pregnancy, sickle cell and Hepatitis test, before marriage and to prohibit all forms of discrimination and stigmatization, against people who tested positive in the state and for other related matters 2021.
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The private member bill was sponsored byYusuf Kanoma (APC, Maru North).
Presenting the bill before the house at the plenary on Thursday, Kanoma urged members of the house to support the motion on the bill.
After various deliberations on the matter by the lawmakers, the Deputy Speaker, Alhaji Musa Bawa, who presided over the plenary said the bill should be allowed to scale its second reading considering its importance, in protection of lives of the people.
“As lawmakers, we must ensure effective laws to guarantee good health care delivery for our people”, he said.
After giving the bill its second reading by the house, the Deputy Speaker directed the House Committee on Health and Human Medicine to scrutinise the bill and report back to the house after one month.
He warned that public hearing must be conducted to seek the opinion of Islamic Scholars and opinion leaders on the bill.
A BILL FOR COMPULSORY HIV, HEPATITIS, SICKLE CELL TEST PASS SECOND READING IN ZAMFARA ASSEMBLY
