President Muhammadu Buhari may have demonstrated his belief in the efficacy of herbal medicine as he sent a bill tagged, “A Bill for An Act to Provide for the Establishment of Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency, 2017 to the National Assembly.
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The bill was one of the three bills, the President recently sent to the lawmakers. This is even as Buhari refused to append his signature to two bills already passed by the Assembly.
The others were, “A Bill for an Act to Provide for the Establishment of Federal Institute for Industrial Research, 2017;’ and the ‘Raw Materials Research and Development Council (Repeal and Re-Enact) Bill, 2017.
The said bill, among others, seeks the establishment of Natural Medicine Development Agency to develop the natural medical practice.
In a related development, President Buhari informed the National Assembly that he would not assent to two bills passed by the latter in separate letters he wrote to Senate President, Bukola Saraki, dated November 8, 2017.
The bills that did not get the President’s nod are the Chartered Institute of Treasury Management (Establishment) Bill 2017 and the Federal University of Wukari (Establishment) Bill 2017.
The President said his refusal was owing to technicalities in the drafting of the bills.
