Bauchi Assembly to make law on compulsory HIV test before marriage (What Do You Think ?)

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The Bauchi State House of Assembly is working on a Bill that will make it mandatory for intending couples to undergo HIV screening.

The sponsor of the Bill, Ilyasu Zwall, representing Lere/Bula Constituency, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Bauchi, that the bill had already gone through First and Second reading.

He said that the bill, when passed, would require intending couples to be tested for HIV in any government recognised hospital “at a time not earlier than one week to the day of the wedding”.

House Of Representatives Kills Bill Which Seeks To Make Exclusive Breastfeeding Compulsory

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The House of Representatives has suppressed a Bill that sought to make exclusive breastfeeding compulsory to employees in the public and private sectors. If passed, the law would have ensured that all newborn babies are fed on no other thing but chest milk, till a stipulated time.

The exclusive chest feeding bill, entitled “a bill for an Act to make exclusive chest feeding compulsory to employees in the Public and Private sectors for the improvement of the health of new born babies in Nigeria and for related matters (HB 313)”, was sponsored by Honourable Jumoke Okoya-Thomas.