Sponsored by Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill 2020, is being considered as a strategic legal framework for repositioning and strengthening the national disease control agency—National Center for Disease Control (NCDC)—and relevant health officials to undertake the important task of preventing and managing the outbreak of infectious diseases such as COVID-19.
We present a simplified version of the Bill for you to understand the provisions and also see how the law will affect your rights, if passed into law.
