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Rep Propose 7 years Imprisonment,  N500m Fine, For Unauthorised Medical Trip For Public Officials

Tare Magbei
Tare Magbei
Published: June 15, 2025
Last updated: June 15, 2025
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Rep Propose 7 years Imprisonment,  N500m Fine, For Unauthorised Medical Trip For Public Officials | Daily Report Nigeria
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday February 9, passed for second reading, a bill seeking to prescribe a jail term of seven years and/or a fine of N500m for officials who spend public funds on foreign medical trips.

The proposed legislation was Sponsored by Sergius Ogun from Edo State and titled, “A Bill for an Act to amend the National Health Act, 2014; and for related matters”.

The bill is to make provision for sanctioning of any public officer who violates the provisions of the law, especially Section 46.

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The section provides that, “Without prejudice to the right of any Nigerian to seek medical check-up, investigation or treatment anywhere within and outside Nigeria, no public officer of the Government of the Federation or any part thereof shall be sponsored for medical check-up, investigation or treatment abroad at public expense except in exceptional cases on the recommendation and referral by the medical board and which recommendation and referral shall be duly approved by the Minister or Commissioner of health of the State as the case may be.”

He added that the amendment is to discourage medical treatment abroad at the detriment of our indigenous health institutions.

The lawmaker added that the bill is to reinforce the need to revamp the poor state of the healthcare sector in Nigeria among other things.

He added: “It is no news that Nigeria’s healthcare system is in a deplorable state and needs urgent attention.

“There is paucity of infrastructure, dearth of medical personnel, poor standards and many other challenges that need to be addressed.

“The intent of this bill is to spur public officers to pay more attention to our healthcare sector and take drastic steps to develop and improve on the sector”.

Citing clause 2(2) of the Bill, he said it provides that, “(2) Any public officer of the Government of the Federation or any part thereof who violates the provision of sub-section (1) above shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of N500,000,000 (five hundred million naira) or to an imprisonment term of seven years, or both”.

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