Reps: Organ donation, transplantation bill passes second reading
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed for second reading a bill seeking to establish a comprehensive framework for deceased organ... The post Reps: Organ donation, transplantation bill passes second reading…
Nigeria currently lacks a dedicated national law governing organ and tissue donation and transplantation, leaving the practice regulated loosely under general health and medical guidelines. This has long been cited by health professionals as a gap that fuels uncertainty around consent, allocation of organs, and the ethics of transplant procedures, even as demand for kidney, liver and other transplants grows amid limited local capacity, pushing many patients to seek costlier treatment abroad.
The bill debated by the House of Representatives seeks to close this gap by creating a comprehensive regulatory framework specifically for deceased organ and tissue donation and transplantation. All three reports agree on the core development — passage for second reading, a legislative stage that allows a bill to proceed to committee-level scrutiny before a possible third reading and passage into law. None of the reports yet detail the bill's sponsor, specific provisions on consent or organ allocation, enforcement mechanisms, or a timeline for further legislative action.