JOHESU urges amendment of MDCN Act
The Joint Health Sector Unions has urged the Senate to amend the proposed MDCN Act, 2020, saying the bill will further cause division in the country’s health sector.
JOHESU president, Comrade Biobelemoye Josiah, at the public hearing of the MDCN Act, 2020, by the senate committee on health reminded the committee of the existing rules of the National Assembly not to consider legislating on matters before the court.
“We draw the attention of the senate committee on health to the fact that the issue of the regulatory agency which has powers to regulate and control clinical/medical laboratory practice in the field of pathology is an ongoing suit at the Court of Appeal. For the records, the NICN in Suit No. NICN/ABJ/284/2014 had ruled that MLSCN has such powers in Nigeria.
