Rehabilitate LUTH, other tertiary hospitals, Reps urge FG
The House of Representatives has decried the dilapidated state of facilities at the Lagos State Teaching Hospital, asking the Federal Govern.
The House of Representatives has decried the dilapidated state of facilities at the Lagos State Teaching Hospital, asking the Federal Government to fix all tertiary health centres across the country.
The House, at the plenary on Wednesday, unanimously adopted a motion moved by a member from Lagos State, Ibrahim Obanikoro.
It was titled ‘Need to Address the Deteriorating Infrastructure, Lack of Basic Amenities, and Inhuman Treatment of Patients at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital.’
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The House of Representatives has decried the dilapidated state of facilities at the Lagos State Teaching Hospital, asking the Federal Government to fix all tertiary health centres across the country.
The House, at the plenary on Wednesday, unanimously adopted a motion moved by a member from Lagos State, Ibrahim Obanikoro.
It was titled ‘Need to Address the Deteriorating Infrastructure, Lack of Basic Amenities, and Inhuman Treatment of Patients at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital.’
Adopting the motion, the House urged the Federal Ministry of Health to upgrade all Federal University Teaching Hospitals to international standards.
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Diaspora voting bill passes second reading in House of Reps
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By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja
A bill seeking to accommodate Nigerians living abroad in the electoral and voting processes yesterday passed for a second reading at the House of Representatives.
The bill sponsored by the Chairperson of the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Rep. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, and 15 other lawmakers also seeks to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, Cap. 23 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.
The bill seeks to amend section 77 Subsection (2) of the Principal Act to now read ” Every citizen of Nigeria, who has attained the age of eighteen years residing within or outside Nigeria at the time of registration of voters for purposes of election to a Legislative house, shall be entitled to be registered as a voter for that election.”
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