The controversial Control of Infectious Diseases Bill, 2020 being debated on the floor of the House of Representatives will be put to public hearing, the Speaker has said.

The Speaker of the House, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, stated this during Tuesday’s plenary at the lower chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja, against the backdrop of the controversies that have trailed the bill when it was speedily passed through the first and second reading on Tuesday last week.

He, however, disagreed with those who condemned the timing of the bill, insisting that it was appropriate to enact such a bill at this time.