The House of Representatives is to develop a framework for regulating egg procurement and transfer services in the country.
This is with a review to achieve sanity in Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART.
The fertility industry in Nigeria is today a thriving business estimated to worth over $1 billion dollars.
Private and public hospitals are engaged in the trade to assist in conception for desperate couples.
Babajimi Benson, a lawmaker from Lagos state, introduced a motion to end risky unethical activities and abuses related with assisted reproductive health in the country.
He also brings a motion requesting the house to take more than a passing interest in the circumstances surrounding the death of a young singer known as Mohbad.
In another resolution, Ondo legislator Festus Adefiranye asked the Ministry of Power to complete the Okeigbo-Igbo Olodumare power project in the state’s Ile oluji oke igbo area.
The House is to probe the implementation level of the Cabotage Act
Nnamdi Ezechi from Delta State makes a case for power supply in part of his constituency in Delta state
Concerned over alleged acts of dehumanization, extortion, and harassments by security personnel, the House passed a resolution urging the IGP and Chief of Army Staff to maintain professionalism in the conduct of their officers and troops.
