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.

Abdulrosheed Okiki     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Aremu Odolaye     Post-utme     Folashade Omoniyi     Mufutau Olatinwo     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Yoruba     LABTOP     TIC     Kolawole Bashirat     Simeon Sayomi     Elelu     Oba Abu     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Owode Market     TESCOM 2025     Bamikole Omishore     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     SAPZ Project     Ogbondoroko     Abdulhakeem Amao     Olaitan Adefila     Public Holiday     Bello Oyedepo     Jamiu Oyawoye     Yakub Lai Gobir     Adedipe     Dogara     BECE     Kulende-UITH     Nagode     MalHub     Bluenile Associates     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Jimoh Olusola Imam     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     CCB     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Offa Grammer School     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Durosinlohun Atiku     Kawu     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Moro     YAKOOYO     Paul Odama     Joseph Bamigboye     Sanusi Abubakar     Www.Kwarareports.com     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Abdulkarim Adisa     Admiralty Villa     Okin High School     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Balogin Alanamu     Hassan Saliu     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     General Hospital, Ilorin     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Ganiyu Abolarin     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Abubakar B.M     Tafida Of Ilorin     Kaosarah Adeyi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Musa Yeketi     Akanbi-Oke     Facemasks     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Amule     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Sunday Fagbemi     Flights To Ilorin     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Arca Santa     Oke-Oyi     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Abdulwahab Ololele     Sambo Murtala     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     John Dara     Albert Ogunsola     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Tunji Ajanaku     BIR     Kehinde Boyede     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Monsurat Omotosho     Hassanat Bello     CKNG     Mohammed Abduraheem     Babatunde Idiagbon     Falokun-Oja     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Just Event Online     Isiaq Khadeejah     Hassan A. Saliu     Alabe     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Atiku     Kale Bayero     Dairo Kunle Paul     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     University Road     Ijakadi     Doyin Group     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Saliu Ajia     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Odo-Owa     Crystal Corner Shops     Yaru     ER-KANG     Awwal Jawondo     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Arandun     Kayode Zubair     Oko-Erin     Dan Iya     Kolawole Bashirat     Roseline Oni Aremu     Ilorin Amusement Park     The Herald     Kayode Alabi     Salman Suleiman     Funke Adedoyin     GRA     Kolo     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     James Kolo     Harmony Holdings     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Offa Grammer School     Mamatu Abdullahi     Tunji Moronfoye     Ladi Hassan