UK APPROVES SWEEPING LAW TO BAN CIGARETTE SALES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. (PHOTO).

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 UK approves sweeping law to ban cigarette sales for future generations  The United Kingdom has taken a major step toward eliminating smoking among future generations after lawmakers approved sweeping legislation that bans the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products to anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2009. The measure, one of the most aggressive anti-tobacco efforts globally, ensures that today’s children will never be legally sold cigarettes. It also outlaws the sale and supply of herbal smoking products and cigarette papers to the same age group, while introducing a nationwide ban on snus, an oral tobacco product. The law establishes strict enforcement measures, including fines for retailers who fail to verify ages and harsher penalties for repeat violations, with courts given the authority to suspend businesses from selling tobacco or vaping products for up to a year. The legislation significantly expands government oversight of vaping, granting officials the power to...

NEMA BRIEFS PRESIDENCY ON ACTIONS TAKEN ON MINNA MARKET FIRE.#PRESS RELEASE.

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      In response to a presidential directive, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has mobilised resources to assist the victims of Minna fire disaster which occurred on 4th January, 2019.
Following the brief he received earlier on the incident, the President called on NEMA to provide urgent assistance to the victims, whose economic life was disrupted by the fire disaster.
President Buhari attaches great importance to offering immediate succour to victims of devastating disasters as soon as possible as he believes that the essence of government is to help the people overcome difficulties within the limits of available resources.
NEMA, according to the report presented, had visited the scene of the fire disaster for preliminary damage assessment and thereafter deployed relief items such as building materials and other related items to the affected victims.
Regarding the 2018 flood disaster, NEMA also reported that Niger State had benefitted from FGN humanitarian intervention worth about N250 million, ranging from food, shelter, medicals, emergency water supply and other essential requirements.
The Presidency assures Nigerians that the Federal Government would continue to offer help to victims of fire and other natural disasters within available resources.
Garba Shehu
Senior Special Assistant to the President
(Media and Publicity)
January 13, 2019
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