President Goodluck Jonathan, Wednesday, signed the Tobacco Control Bill along five others into law reports ITRealms.
Spokesman to the president, Dr. Reuben Abati in a state house press release confirmed this development.
According to him, “Other bills signed into law include the
Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency Act 2015; Equipment and
Leasing Bill 2015; AMCON (Amendment) Bill 2015; Standards Organisation
of Nigeria Bill 2015 and the National Sugar Development (Amendment) Bill
2015.”
The Tobacco Control Act 2015, he said, is meant to
ensure effective regulation and control of production, sales,
labelling, advertising, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco and tobacco
products in the country.
Abati also said that the bill will ensure balance
between economic consideration and health implications of tobacco
production, and use as well as exposure to environmental tobacco smoke,
among other things.
It repeals the Tobacco Smoking (Control) Act, Cap.t6, LFN 2004 enacted in 1990 and amended years later.
The Equipment and Leasing Bill 2015 will
regulate the business of equipment leasing in Nigeria, sanitise the
practice of leasing in Nigeria, and protect the lessees (users) and the
lessors (owners).
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