Following the gazetting of the National Tobacco Regulations 2019, the Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) and the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) have demanded prompt enforcement of National Tobacco Control Act, 2015. The group hailed the Federal Government for the gazetting the Regulations The gazette of the NTC Regulations 2019 by the […]
A coalition of Nigeria health advocacy groups has urged the Senate to ensure a healthier Nigeria by voting to adopt the National Tobacco Control Bill (NTCB) passed by the House of Representatives last week. The Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance—led by the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy […]
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has commended the Hon. Ishaka Bawa-led 23 man- ad-hoc committee on Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) for recommending the removal of discretional powers of the president to grant petroleum even as it urged Nigerian electorate to deprive lawmakers currently seeking re-election votes if they are found to […]