SENATE APPROVES DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKERS. (PHOTO).

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 Senate Approves Death Penalty For Drug Traffickers The Senate has approved the death penalty for those convicted on the charge of drug trafficking in the country. The punishment prescribed in the extant NDLEA Act is a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. The resolution of the Senate followed its consideration of a report of the Committees on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters and Drugs and Narcotics, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024. The Chairman of the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights & Legal Matters presented the report during plenary, Sen.Mohammed Monguno (APC-Borno North). The bill, which passed its third reading, aims to update the list of dangerous drugs, strengthen the operations of the NDLEA, review penalties, and empower the establishment of laboratories. Section 11 of the current Act prescribes that “any person who, without lawful authority; imports, manufactures, produces, processes, plants or grows the drugs popularly

PATRONISING THE LOCAL METER MANUFACTURING COMPANIES,IS THE WAY TO DIVERSIFY & SAVE FOREIGN EXCHANGE-FASHOLA.

                 The Minister of Power Raji Fashola ,gave the advice while inaugurating the Mass Meter Deployment programme in Kano yesterday monday.The minister said such patronage was necessary to encourage the production of meters by the local manufacturing companies in the country and save foreign exchange.''Patronising the local meter manufacturing companies is the way to diversify and save foreign exchange''.Fashola noted that the inauguration of the scheme in Kano was a clear indication that the Kano Electricity Distribution Company {KEDCO} was committed to ensuring effective service delivery.He commended KEDCO for the initiative and urged other DISCOs to develop their own strategies for mass deployment of meters for the benefit of their customers.In his remarks,the Managing Director of KEDCO,Alhaji Jamilu Gwamna,said the company had purchased more than 63,000 meters to be distributed to its customers.Gwamma said that the inauguration of the scheme would go a long way in checking the issue of crazy bills,in addition to ensuring effective service delivery.''Our intention is to ensure that by 2020,the company will be the most valuable company to compete favourably with other companies in the country''.

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