NCDC Opposes Bill To Create New Public Health Institute

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has opposed a proposed bill seeking to establish a National Institute for Public Health and Infectious Diseases, warning that creating another federal public health agency with similar responsibilities could weaken Nigeria’s disease surveillance and emergency response system.
Director-General of the NCDC, Dr. Jide Idris, made the agency’s position known on Thursday during a public hearing organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Infectious Diseases on the National Institute for Public Health and Infectious Diseases (Establishment) Bill, 2025.
While acknowledging the need to strengthen Nigeria’s public health se...