House of Reps to criminalise stigmatisation of B’Haram, militancy victims, summon NAFDAC DG, predecessor over accounts

The House of Representatives has begun moves to criminalise the stigmatisation of victims of insurgency and militancy in the country.

Accordingly, a bill sponsored by Ben Rollands Igbakpa to that effect yesterday scaled second reading during plenary.

According to the piece of legislation, offenders are to be arrested, prosecuted and punished to serve as deterrent if it gets presidential assent.

Also, the lawmakers summoned the Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, and her predecessor, Dr. Paul Orhii, to appear before them next Tuesday to render the organisation’s accounts from 2009 to 2013.

Chairman of the chamber’s relevant committee, Oluwole Oke, gave the directive in Abuja after Orhii informed the panel that he did not come prepared as he got the information late from his successor.