Ekiti Assembly To Make Law Prohibiting Smoking In Public Places

The Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Mr Adeoye Aribasoye, on Monday, expressed the legislative body’s readiness to enact a law prohibiting smoking in public places.

Aribasoye, who said both smokers and non-smokers were victims of public smoking, added that the state government had zero tolerance for drug and substance abuse by youths.

The Speaker spoke in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, while receiving leaders and members of the National Youth Council of Nigeria led by their state chairman, Mr Oluwasegun Famuyibo.

The group held “Ekiti Youth Peace Walk” and visited the Assembly complex as part of activities to mark this year’s International Day against Drug Abuse.

The Speaker charged parents and other stakeholders to join hands with the state government to battle the menace of drug abuse to a standstill in order to have a saner society, cautioning that drug abusers would face the wrath of the law.

Aribasoye said, “One of the things that have destroyed the future of the youths is drug abuse and all of us must be ambassadors. All of us must be champions to campaign against drug abuse. Anywhere we find ourselves, we must campaign against drug abuse. We just have to do it for us to have a saner society.

“Very soon, we are coming up with a law against public smoking. Public smoking does not only affect the smokers, but also those who don’t smoke who must be protected from the effects of public smoking.”

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