The National Assembly
and the Federal Ministry of Environment have disclosed that there are plans to
sponsor a bill meant to prohibit the production of plastics with a view to
preserving the environment.
A member of the Senate
Committee on Marine Transport, Senator Tolulope Odebiyi, disclosed this in
Lagos at the launch of the Maritime Action Plan for Marine Litter and Plastics
Management in Nigeria hosted by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety
Agency, NIMASA.
Odebiyi said the bill
would be harmonised with input from the Federal Ministry of Environment to make
a holistic law that would impose tough sanctions on the production of organic
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