On Monday, March 17, the Chairman of Senate Committee on Health, Ifeanyi Okowa, disclosed that the proposed National Health Bill prohibits the sale of human organs, including human zygotes and embryos.
Dr Phillip Njemanze, the Chairman, Institute of Advanced Research and Training, had said that the bill was not in the interest of the Nigerian people as it did not make room for their consent in the sale of organs. He had also argued that the bill would encourage the killing of about 10 million poor Nigerian women who would be willing donate their ovaries for a stipend as encouraged by the bill.
However, Okowa debunked the disturbing claims stating: "I think he has a complete misunderstanding of the bill which had the highest attendance in the history of the Senate."
Mr Okowa continued that the bill he was talking about was not the bill as presented to the plenary in Senate not to even talk about what the Senate did pass. He assured Nigerians that the bill had been cross-checked and agreed upon at the public hearing.
He explained that there had been no laws against such activities hence "this is the first basic law that actually provides a framework for the regulation, development and management of the healthcare industry."
He stressed that the bill was to get rid of quacks but also took consideration of the different levels of the industry including the primary, secondary and tertiary health centres. According to the Senator, there are different recommendations for the different levels.
The National Health Bill is also government’s attempt at barring Nigerian’s from selling their organs.
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