The Federal Government says it may increase taxes on Tobacco as part of deliberate measures to check abuse and to prevent smuggling of tobacco products into the country.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, disclosed this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday.
The meeting was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in the Presidential, Villa, Abuja.
According to Adewole, Nigeria is implementing the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention for Tobacco Control.
Nigeria became a party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on Jan. 18, 2006.
“Yes, we are part of the campaign against Tobacco. We are implementing the WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control. As of Monday, we were part of the ECOWAS meeting to look at how do we raise taxes on…
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