Anybody who smokes in public in Ekiti State now risks going to prison for three months with the inauguration of Smoke Free Law Enforcement Committee.
The Committee which is chaired by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Dr. Bolanle Fakunle, was inaugurated on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
The Anti-Smoking Enforcement Panel was
to give legal teeth to the prohibition of
smoking in public places law passed by the
House of Assembly on September 26, 2012
and signed by former Governor Kayode
Fayemi on December 31 of the same year.
Security agencies like the Police, Civil
Defence Corps and Environmental Health
Officers have been empowered by law to
arrest culprits and ensure that they are
brought to justice.
The advocacy was driven by a non-
governmental organization based in Ado-
Ekiti, the New Initiative for Social
Delivering his address at the occasion, the
Executive Director of NISD, Mr. Abiodun
Oyeleye, explained that the tobacco
epidemic has adverse impact on public
health of developing countries including
Nigeria. Oyeleye explained that awareness has been created among various stakeholders such as religious and political leaders, hoteliers associations, drivers’ unions, youths, women, senior government officials and ministries, departments and agencies.




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Yes!!!....Our role model Fayose is working.

Good

Story... He should ban paraga joints too as they precipitate rapes