President buhari signs new bill Into Law

    President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the ‎Endangered Species Control of International Trade and Traffic Amendment Act 2016, earlier passed by the National Assembly.


   Ita Enang, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), made this known while briefing State House correspondents on Friday, December 30 in Abuja.

   He said ‎the Act was one of the 10 bills forwarded by the National Assembly to the president, adding that with the approval, the President had completed work on all the bills sent to him for his consent.
“The intent of this amendment is to bring the penalty provisions in line with economic realities and to act as a deterrent or deter people from trafficking and trading in endangered species because endangered are preserved of the country,” Mr. Enang said.

   The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that with the signing of the Act, President Buhari had so far signed 17 bills into law in 2016.
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