 Another major medical center has keaked against a bill to establish a federal nephrology and kidney research and treatment center, Hadejia. President of the NMC, Dr. Oji Ojima, suggested that preventive research should be the core focus instead of treatment, which is usually at a near-fatal stage. He said that these alongside are the medical professionals during a one-day public hearing at a Senate wing of the National Assembly. On the bill to provide the National Nephrology Center, we regrettably reject this bill in its entire take. As experts, we should not wait for intense headache to get to where it is decapitation that will be the solution. If there is preponderance of kidney disease in Hadejia, the solution is primary health care. Find out what is causing the problem and nip it in the board. You do not sit by and wait for people to get to terminal conditions before you offer them treatment. We have HIV-associated nephropathy, we have lupus nephritis, we have chronic glomerular nephritis. So our own opinion as an association is that we deserve to have a kidney institute. However, it should be in a center that is readily accessible to all of the Federation. We looked at Hadejia, yes, they have this condition, but HIV-associated nephropathy, should we site one in Benwe? If we are talking about lupus nephritis, should there be one only in Lagos? Let us have a central place that all of us can come to, accessible by air, accessible by road readily. We have the manpower, but Hadejia actually deserves attention. No, the medical, what do you call it, lab scientists also said. So we will really look at it. I think that there will be a debate. As I said, we do not have opinion. That is why I said the ministry would look when there is a disease. Sometimes, Mr. President, without making any comment, maybe there are some genetic challenges and so on which are not public. That is what they are trying to do. Of course, as the front says, we do not wait until CKD to need it, but so the ministry of health needs to be aware of this. Meanwhile, a bill to establish Federal Medical Center or Kiwi, which is past second reading, and the floor of the Senate has been amended to the establishment of Federal Autopedic Hospital, Ihite, Ihetoboma, local government area of Emo State. Senator Frank Ibezim, who sponsored the bill, disclosed that the amendment was necessitated because a similar one has been passed by the House of Representatives sponsored by Princess Miriam Onoha and has advanced to the concurrent stage at the Senate. We are meant to understand that my sister representing a Kiwi, not federal constituency. Honorable Princess Miriam Onoha has a similar bill that has been passed and that is coming for concurrence in the Senate. So that has blood in my heart because we are all from the same senatorial, same zone, and there's need for us to partner and make sure that this bill gets the required assent as soon as possible. And I've spoken with the leadership and I've agreed that in the next business day, that bill will come for concurrence. I've also written and asked that with past, first, and second reading and were in public hearing that my bill should be amended to become an autopedic hospital. The truth of the matter is we can hear about her dreams, but we can't have emphasized the importance of health and medical facilities. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.