The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has slated Nov. 14, 2022 for the third reading of a Bill for a Law to Establish the Nasarawa State Infectious Disease and Research Center (NASIDARC) and other matters connected therein.
Speaker of the House, Balarabe Abdullahi, announced this after deliberation and adoption of the NASIDARC bill report during the House proceedings in Lafia, the state capital.
The Speaker said the bill, if passed into law has many benefits as the agency if established will detect, prevent and control diseases in the state.
“The benefits include employment generation and will also improve the health status of the people of the State and other Nigerians.
In a similar vein, the assembly has also received the report of the House Standing Committee on Information on a Bill for a Law to Establish the Nasarawa State Information Technology Development Agency.
The Speaker received the report after the committee Chairman, Mohammed Omadefu, presented the report during the House proceedings.
Omadefu reads out the contents of the report and the recommendations therein.
The Speaker also slated Nov. 14, 2022, for the deliberation of the report of the bill.
Earlier, the Majority Leader of the House, Honourable Tanko Tunga, moved a motion for the bill on NASIDARC to be adopted for third reading which was seconded by the Deputy Majority Leader of the House, Honourable Daniel Ogazi.