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ERA/FoEN ALARMED OVER PLOTS BY TOBACCO INDUSTRY TO UNDERMINE CONTROL ACT

May 4, 2017May 4, 2017 Amurun KelvinLeave a Comment

Speech by Akinbode Oluwafemi, deputy director, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) at a press briefing to alert on tobacco industry attempts to undermine tobacco control regulations on May 4, 2017. Let me start this interaction by extending to you on behalf of the tobacco control community, a most heartfelt welcome and our […]

TOBACCO REGULATIONS LAW: TIME TO ACT By Uchenna Okafor

September 15, 2016September 15, 2016 Amurun KelvinLeave a Comment

When former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan signed the National Tobacco Control (NTC) Act 2015 into law four days to the end of his administration most Nigerians heaved a sigh relief. The exhilarating feeling among Nigerians was not unanticipated as the law had gone through a tortuous road, almost declared missing at a point before resurrecting […]