President Muhammadu Buhari has
signed five bills into law.
The bills are Federal Capital
Territory appropriation act, 2018; Nigerian Centre For Disease Control and
Prevention (establishment) act, 2018; extradition (amendment ) act, 2018;
National Environmental Standard And Regulations Enforcement Agency act, 2018
and the Nigerian Institute Of Mining and Geosciences.
Ita Enang, senior special
assistant to the president on national assembly matters (senate), made the
announcement in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday.
“The Federal Capital Territory
appropriation act, 2018 was submitted by Mr. President to the national
assembly,” he said.
“The act allows aggregate capital
and recurrent expenditure of N371, 532,518,887 (three hundred and seventy one
Billion, five hundred and thirty two million, five hundred and eighteen
thousand eight hundred and eighty seven kobo) up to the financial year ending December 31, 2018.”
Enang said the Nigerian Centre
For Disease Control and Prevention act is aimed at the prevention, detection
and control of communicable diseases and other public health emergencies in the
country.
“The act submitted by Mr. President
as executive bill on October 17, 2017 to the national assembly is to develop,
maintain and coordinate surveillance systems to collect, analyse and interpret
data on diseases of public health importance , in order to detect public health
threats, guide health intervention and set public health priorities,” he said
“Lead the response to disease
outbreaks, public health emergencies and disasters in order to minimize the
impact on health.
“Develop and maintain a network
of reference and specialized laboratories for pathogen detection, disease
surveillance and outbreak response.”
He said the extradition amendment
act vests jurisdiction on extradition proceedings now on the federal high court
and no longer on the magistrates.
“The amendment further introduces
a new section 15(2) preventing double jeopardy as protected by Section 36(9) of
the constitution which prevents a person surrendered to Nigeria in accordance with extraction
treaty; obligation from being arrested, detained, extradited or otherwise dealt
with in Nigeria or any other country within the commonwealth or any other
country having same extraditing agreement with Nigeria,” he said.
“If the proceedings relates to an offence for which he has been
previously convicted or acquitted in the
requesting country for which extradition is sought by the Nigerian
authorities.”
He said National Environmental
Standard and Regulations Enforcement Agency amendment act “defines matters of
appointment to the council, empowers the agency or appropriate person to cause
immediate abatement of imminent environmental pollution while appropriate
warrant or court order is sought to ensure public safety, among others.”
Enang said the Nigerian Institute
Of Mining and Geosciences act establishes the institute in Jos, Plateau state
capital.
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