National Blood Service Commission Act, 2021

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1 There is established a National Blood Service Commission (in this Act referred to as “the Commission”) 2 The Commission shall- a be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal; b may sue and be sued in its corporate name; and c may acquire, hold and dispose of any property for the purpose of carrying out its functions under this Act. 3 The Commission shall have its National Headquarters located at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja with Zonal offices in each of the six geopolitical zones, made up of – a South East Zone comprising of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo States, with headquarters at Owerri; b South South Zone comprising of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo and Rivers States, with headquarters at Benin; c South West Zone comprising of Ekiti, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Lagos and Oyo States, with headquarters at Ibadan; d North East Zone comprising of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe States, with headquarters at Maiduguri; e North West Zone comprising of Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara States, with headquarters at Kaduna; and f North Central Zone comprising of Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, FCT, Niger and Plateau States, with headquarters at Jos. 4 The zonal centers shall serve as linkage and reference centers for the States and other blood transfusion services within the zone.

Establishment of the National Blood Service Commission.

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The Commission shall- a co-ordinate and control blood transfusion services on a country wide basis within the national health plan; b ensure the delivery of blood, blood components and blood derivatives which are safe for transfusion and other medical therapies; c be the sale regulatory authority for all blood related services nationwide; d accredit blood transfusion service facilities throughout the country; e establish a National Strategic Blood Reserve which can be called upon for national emergencies in any part of Nigeria when the need arises and the reserve shall be ware housed at the National Blood Service Commission in the six Zonal Centers, Headquarters and Lagos, Kano and Port Harcourt; f coordinate all public and private blood banks within the country, to deliver 5% of their safe blood collections, both whole blood and blood products, to the Commission’s Zonal centres and replenish same; and g create public awareness for blood donation.