House of Representatives Committee on Health Institutions Call for Memoranda/Invitation

The House Committee on Health Institutions cordially invites the general public and stakeholders to a public hearing on the following bills scheduled for Thursday 3rd November, 2016 at Room 028, House of Representatives, National Assembly Complex, Abuja by 11:00a.m. prompt:

1. Bill for an Act to Establish the Dietitians Council of Nigeria to regulate the Profession of Dietetics; and for other Related Matters, (HB.547/2016); 

2. A Motion on the Need to Build Mobile Clinics along the Nation's Highways; and for other Matters Connected Therewith, (HR.192/2016); 

3. Urgent Need for the Federal Ministry of Health to Reverse the Deplorable State of the Stem Cell Transplantation Centre in UBTH, Benin; The Only Centre for the Cure of Sickle Cell Disease in Nigeria: (HR.62/2016); 

4. Need to Conduct a Comprehensive Investigative Hearing towards Restructuring, Reorganizing, Refinancing and Repositioning of the National Hospital, Abuja for Better and Efficient Service Delivery; and for other Matters Connected thereto, (HR.36/2016); 

5. Urgent Need for Completion of Abandoned Projects at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital to Meet the Health Care Delivery Needs of Nigerians in Akwa Thom State (HR. 40/2016). 

Specifically invited are the following:- 

1. Honourable Minister, Federal Ministry of Health;

2. Honourable Minister, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing; 

3. Chairman, Committee of CMDs and MDs 

4. University of Benin Teaching Hospital; 

5. Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC); 

6. Institute for Dietetics in Nigeria; i/c Chairman, Dietician Council of Nigeria 

7. Nigeria Medical Association (NMA); 

8. Registrar, Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN);

9. University of Uyo Teaching Hospital; 

10. CMD National Hospital Abuja 

11. All Relevant Stakeholders; 

All Memoranda to be submitted in 30 copies and a soft copy to the Clerk, House Representatives Committee on Health Institutions, Room 02 (WHITE HOUSE), National Assembly Complex, Abuja on or beforer November, 2016.

Further enquiries are to be directed to 08034080676 or hrcommitteeonhealthinstitution@gmail.com 

Your co-operation, contribution and participation is highly solicited for.

Medical World