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Debate 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Nigeria's president declines to sign the drug agency bill

President Tinubu refused assent to the NDLEA Amendment Bill, 2025. His letter, read in the House of Representatives, objected to letting the agency keep part of the proceeds of drug crime, which the law requires to be paid into a central forfeiture account.[1]

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References

  1. 21st Century Chronicle — Tinubu rejects NDLEA amendment bill (26 June 2025)archived

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