Buhari assents to FCT, NCDC, 3 other appropriation bills
President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the appropriation Acts of five agencies for the 2018 expenditure passed and transmitted to the President by the National Assembly.
They are the Federal Capital Territory Appropriation Act, 2018; Nigerian Centre For Disease Control And Prevention (NCDC) (Establishment) Act, 2018; Extradition (Amendment) Act 2018;
National Environmental Standard And Regulations Enforcement Agency (Establishment) (Amendment) Act, 2018 and Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences, Jos (Establishment) Act , 2018.
The Senior Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly, Senator Ita Enang, disclosed this on Monday in a statement in Abuja.
The Federal Capital Territory Appropriation Act, 2018 which allows aggregate capital and recurrent Expenditure of N371, 532,518,887 billion, up to the financial year ending December 31, 2018, was submitted by Mr. President to the National Assembly.
The National Centre for Disease Control Act is aimed at promoting, coordinating and facilitating the prevention, detection and Control of Communicable diseases and other public health emergencies in Nigeria.
This Act was submitted by Mr. President as Executive Bill on October 17, 2017 to the National Assembly is to develop, maintain and coordinate surveillance systems to collect, analyse and interpret data on diseases of public health importance,
]in order to detect public health threats, guide health intervention and set public health priorities.
According to the Presidency, the Act vests jurisdiction on extradition proceedings now on the Federal High Court and no more the Magistrates Court or Magistrates.
The amendment further introduces a new section 15(2) preventing double jeopardy as protected by Section 36(9) of the Constitution which prevents a person surrendered to Nigeria in accordance with extraction treaty;
obligation from being arrested, detained, extradited or otherwise dealt with in Nigeria or any other country within the Commonwealth or any other country having same extraditing agreement with Nigeria,
if the proceedings relates to an offence for which he has been previously convicted or acquitted in the requesting country for which extradition is sought by the Nigerian authorities.
National Environmental Standard and Regulations Enforcement Agency (Establishment) (Amendment) Act, 2018, is an amendment to the 2007 Act and more succinctly defines matters of appointment to the council,
empowers the Agency or appropriate person to cause immediate abatement of imminent environmental pollution while appropriate warrant or court order is sought to ensure public safety, among others.
Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences, Jos (Establishment) Act, 2018, provides courses of instruction, training and research in geosciences and mining and produce technicians and such skilled personnel normally required for the mining and related industries;
and Provide for both the public and private sectors alike, laboratory services for rock and mineral identification, sampling and mineral beneficiation, mineral and metallurgical analysis amongst other things.
