According to The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Ita Enang, President Buhari today signed the Endangered Species Control Bill into law. “This is one of the 10 bills that were forwarded by the National Assembly to Mr. President and he has just assented to this, almost completing every action on all the bills that were forwarded to him by the National Assembly.
“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 preserves of the country.
“It will discourage traffic and it will improve agriculture and the preservation of endangered species in Nigeria''.
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