Nigerian Senate Passes "Child Protection, Compulsory Treatment And Care Of Victims Of Gunshots Bills"!

Relieve seems to be on the way for countless Nigerian children who suffer unimaginable inhuman treatments in the hands of cold-hearted parents or guardians. Reports abound of varied cases of abuse against these vulnerable children, some were reportedly beaten to death, raped, starved or made to live under unfavourable conditions. 

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With the signing into Law of the National Child Protection and Enforcement Agency Bill (HB. 127), it will be become a big offence to subject any child to any form of inhuman treatment.

Tuesday, July 11, 2017, the Nigerian 8 Senate passed 7 concurrent bills which includes:

1. Compulsory Treatment and care of Victims of Gunshots Bill, 2017, (HB. 119).
2. Animal health and technologies 2017, (HB. 320)
3. Corporate Manslaughter Bill, 2017 (HB. 273)
4. National Child Protection and Enforcement Agency Bill (HB. 127)
5. National Intelligence Agency Pension Board Bill, 2017 (HB. 842)
6. Nigerian Academy of Science Bill, 2017 (HB. 917)
7. National Post Graduate College of Medical Laboratory Science Bill (HB. 405).

Listing the benefits of the Compulsory Treatment and care of Victims of Gunshots Bill passage, Senate President Bukola Saraki stated: 

• Every hospital in Nigeria, whether public or private will be mandated to accept or receive for treatment immediate or adequate treatment with or without Police clearance, any person with a gunshot wound;
• Every person including security agents shall render every possible assistance to any person with gunshot wounds and endure that the person is taken to the nearest hospital for treatment; and -
• No person with a bullet wound shall be subject to inhuman and degrading treatment or torture by any person in authority. This includes Police and security agencies. 

The bills will be forwarded to the Presidency for assent.