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Reps Pass Bill For Free, Mandatory Healthcare Services for Children

Juliet Amaka
Juliet Amaka
Published: June 14, 2025
Last updated: June 14, 2025
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A bill seeking free and Mandatory healthcare service for all Nigerian children was on Tuesday, November 16 passed for a second reading in the House of Representatives.

The bill titled “Bill for an Act to make Health Care Service Delivery Free for all Children in Nigeria; and for Related Matters (HB. 1504)” is sponsored by Hon. Bello Kaoje (APC, Kebbi).

Kaoje who led the debate on the general principle of the bill at plenary said it was first introduced in July 2021. He added that With the Federal Government healthcare initiative, Save One Million Lives (SOML), it is therefore pertinent to make medical services free for children in Nigeria, essentially because of the risks they face.

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He said:

“Children’s health needs are significantly different from those of adults. By nature, children grow and develop at rapid rates, placing them ai special risk of being affected by illness and injury. If health problems are not identified and treated, they can affects a child’s cognitive, physical, behavioral, and emotional development. The Bill will give the following unique and immediate benefits. The health care services shall include diagnoses, treatment, prevention of illness and other physical and mental impairment in children in Nigeria.

“The services shall be rendered by the Government Hospitals in Nigeria. The services shall cover referral cases of children from other state, Local Government hospitals or any other private hospital in Nigeria. Monitoring and implementation of the Bill to ensure implementation of this Act, upon commencement, the Federal Ministry of Health shall make definite procedures, guidelines as well as monitor and implement the provisions of this Act, coordinate free health care services delivery to the children in Nigeria and ensure transparency and accountability in the free health care services delivery to the children in Nigeria.”

Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, the Minority Leader, however said the objective of the bill had already been provided for by the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHDA) in all healthcare centres in rural communities.

Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker, however asked if the services were really free.

Elumelu replied:

“Yes in the rural area. They are all there, so what you could do, there’s no need to rush, pick up that healthcare Act and go through it to see if I’m contradicting in my submission.”

The Deputy Minority Leader, Hon. Toby Okechukwu, said that more enlightenment needed to be made on the bill.

He said:

“The duty and response as a parliament is to ensure, good healthcare delivery to our citizens. I have also taken into cognizance what my leader (Elumelu) has said which is also germaine. The sponsor of the Bill should be allowed to address us on the economics of it. It will be very helpful. I will also like to get some enlightenment regarding the Federal Government being responsible for primary healthcare a responsibility also that’s also being done by the local government and state governments. So that when we are talking about restructuring we should take these things into consideration. I think we should get some enlightenment on these,”

The Bill was eventually adopted after getting favorable majority support and referred to the House committee on healthcare services for further legislative action.

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