Lagos Lawmakers Passes Bill To Curb The Spread Of COVID-19

The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed into law a bill empowering security agencies to jail anyone who flout the directives of total lockdown for a month or be fined N100,000.

The bill, sponsored by the Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, is tagged the Emergency Coronavirus Pandemic Bill 2020.

It affords the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the legislative concurrence to spend an initial N20 billion to effectively curtail the virus and enforce compliance by residents in the state.

The bill was presented on the floor of the chamber on Thursday by the Deputy Majority Leader, Noheem Adams, after which it scaled the first and second readings.

It was then passed to the House Committee on Health for further legislative actions.

The bill was later laid before the House by the Committee Chairman on Health, Hakeem Sokunle, after which it scaled the third reading as a result of the urgent requirements to ensure its speedy passage.

It gives the governor the opportunity to make recourse back to the House before any regulations.