The Senate has passed for third reading a bill seeking the establishment of a National Agency for Malaria Elimination in Nigeria and other related matters, with the sponsor, Senator Ned Nwoko (APC Delta North), declaring that it is “practicable and achievable.”
This was sequel to the consideration and adoption of the report presented by the chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Secondary and Tertiary, Senator Ipalibo Harry Banigo (APC Rivers West) during plenary.
Presenting the report, Senator Banigo said that the proposed agency, when established, will be responsible for coordinating all national efforts towards the prevention, control and eventual elimination of malaria.
“The agency, when established, will help shift the country’s approach from curative to preventive or elimination,“ she said, adding that for nationwide operation, zonal and state offices of the agency shall be established and driven by a strategic plan backed by law, science and accountability.
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