The Kwara State House of Assembly has passed a bill for a law expanding
areas where the manufacturing, sales and consumption of liquor are prohibited
in the capital, Ilorin.
The passage of the bill followed the consideration of the report on the
bill by the House on Wednesday.
PREMIUM TIMES reported that under the law, no person will be allowed to
produce, sell, store or openly consume alcohol within specified areas in the
metropolis.
The bill proposes that any person who contravenes the provision shall be
guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding N100,000
or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six month or both.
Speaking after the passage of the bill into law, the speaker, Ali Ahmad,
directed the clerk of the House, Ahmed
Mohammed, to prepare a clean copy of the bill for the governor’s assent.
Mr. Ahmad also expressed confidence that “the Bill would go a long way to
protect our young ones from the ills of alcohol consumption”.
The speaker explained that with the passage of the bill, the sales of
alcohol was now controlled as it is practice in advanced countries of the
world.
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