NBA chief faults Kwara Assembly on signage, advert law

Date: 2012-05-24

ALLEGING breach, Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ilorin chapter, Rafiu Balogun, has faulted the signing into law by the Kwara State House of Assembly "Signage and Advertisement Agency Bill" in the state, stating that the sector should have been the exclusive duty of the councils.

The bill is now coded, "Kwara State Signage and Advertisement Agency Law NO. 5".

But Balogun said the state NBA would be awaiting the outcome of litigation on the similar issue initiated in Lagos State before making a final decision on it. The matter in question, he said, had been decided in favour of the state at the Court of Appeal level, adding "until the Supreme Court rules, we can't be talking of the precedence on it."

He spoke on Tuesday at the forum of Kwara State Coalition of Business and Professional Associations (KWACOBPA) in Ilorin.

According to him, "our view as the local NBA ab-initio on the issue of the Signage Bill during the public hearing was that the House of Assembly could not pass it into law. We believe that it should be the right of the councils to do that. But in spite of our position, they passed the bill into law.

"We can't go to court to challenge it because it is not a constitutional issue. But an individual could have done that. We heard, however, that the Court of Appeal had ruled in favour of the House in Lagos State on the same issue. But we are anxiously awaiting the decision of the apex court on the issue."

Giving a keynote address at the forum, Mr. Tunde Oyawoye said the kernel of the objective of the KWACOBPA was to make it an effective voice of business and professional associations in Kwara State by advocating for a business-friendly environment and promoting the best business practices for sustainable progress of the state.

Oyawoye said the coalition intended to achieve its objective by improving the quality and frequency of public-private dialogue towards resolving issues that are negatively impacting on businesses in Kwara State.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Reuben Paraje     Musa Abdullahi     Nigerian Medical Association     RTEAN     All Peoples Party     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Kannike     Ilorin Airport     Okin Biscuit     Kale Bayero     Ola Falade     Baruba     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Esinrogunjo     Tsaragi/Share     Seni Saraki     FERMA     Razak Atunwa     Ramat Oganija     AbdulGafar Tosho     Abdulmutalib Shittu     SDP     Adedipe     Suleiman Abubakar     Kazeem Adekanye     Mahe Abdulkadir     Kaosarah Adeyi     Bursary     Leke Ogungbe     Taofeeq Olateju     Yinka Aluko     Waheed Ibrahim     Ilorin Amusement Park     Ibrahim Mohammed     Ndama Al-hassan     Arandun     Saeedat Aliyu     Mansur Alfanla     Olatunde Michaels     Gabriel Fashanu     Shettima     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Azeez Salawu     George Innih     Idowu Aremu     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Alaaya     Ajikobi     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Awodun     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Plat Technologies Limited     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     COVID-19 Palliatives     Oloye     Moses Salami     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Kwara NIPR     Logun     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Oyelere Oyinloye     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Elerin Of Adanla     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Dumagi     Nigeria Computer Society     Abdulwahab Ololele     Saadu Alanamu     Kayode Alabi     Trader Moni     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Tayo Alao     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Baba Idris     Tanke Flyover Bridge    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Damilola Yusuf     Yekini Adio     Kwara State Television     Durosinlohun Kawu     Quareeb     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Yahya Mohammed     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Omu-aran     Fatimoh Lawal     Idiagbon     MAI Akande     Kuliyan Geri     IESA     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Nigerian Medical Association     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     John Obuh     Tanke Flyover Bridge     N-Power     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Rapheal Ashaolu     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Olawuyi     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Okin High School     Micheal Imoudu     Rueben Parejo     Yakubu Dogara     Oloriegbe     Okin Biscuits     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Goodluck Jonathan     Voices Of Tomorrow     Abdulfatai Baakini     Ali Ahmad     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Ahman Patigi     Rafiu Ibrahim     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Adeleke Ogungbe     Post Utme     Eleja     Valsolar Consortium     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Idris Amosa Saidu     NYSC     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Kolade Solagberu     Mustapha Akanbi     Suleman Abubakar     Admiralty Villa     Ibrahim Labaika     Neo Mundo Ltd     Share/Tsaragi     Adekunle David Dunmade     Tafidan Kaiama     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Olayinka Olaogun     Kwarareports.com     Adedeji Onimago     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Amosa     Tunde Oyawoye     Sabi     Alimi     Adebayo Salami     Khairat Gwadabe     Dorcas Afeniforo     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Alapado     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman