The Abia State House of Assembly has passed into law H.A.B.12 titled ‘The Abia State Medicine and Health Commodities Management Agency Bill, 2024’.
The Bill which seeks to ensure regular availability of quality medicines and health commodities at affordable cost and strengthening of manufacturing units for local production of medicine among others was sponsored by the majority leader and member representing Arochukwu constituency, Mr Okoro Uchenna Kalu.
Addressing his members during the passage of the bill, Speaker Emmanuel Emeruwa said the bill when assented to by the executive would be deemed to have come into force on the 4th day of April, 2024.
The Assembly also entertained a petition brought before it by the member representing Ohafia South State Constituency, Kalu Mba Nwoke titled “The nefarious acts of Mr Nmecha Ume, the President-General of Okon-Aku Development Union in vandalizing machinery at the Eastern Region Estate Investment Palm Settlement, Okon – Aku Ohafia.
Nwoke who appealed for the reactivation of the Eastern Region Estate Investment Palm Settlement to create employment for his constituents and called for thorough investigation into the vandalization of the iron rods from the palm settlement and prosecution of those involved in the alleged act.
