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During plenary session on Thursday, the federal lawmakers said such clinics will enable medical personnel to treat sick passengers and vaccinate those who may be “travelling to countries that are susceptible to pandemics such as COVID-19 or Ebola”.
The lower legislative chamber passed the resolution, following the adoption of a motion sponsored by Emeka Chinedu, a lawmaker from Imo state.
While leading the debate on the motion, Chinedu cited a report by the Ports Health Services, noting that airports in the country are supposed to have medical centres.
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He said five airports in the country Lagos, Port Harcourt, Calabar, Kano and Abuja are presently “operating with either deplorable, little or no medical facilities”, while the others are without one.