Kwara Assembly passes bill banning alcohol

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.

It was gathered 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.

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.

It was gathered 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.