Nigeria: Anti-Tobacco Bill Will Lead to 400,000 Job Loss -Adedibu

If passed into law, the National Tobacco Bill which is currently on the floor of the National Assembly will lead to at least 400,000 Nigerians being thrown into the unemployment market.

This was the view expressed by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries, Senator Kamorudeen Adedibu while speaking with reporters recently in Iseyin, Oyo State at the 2008 Farmers' Productivity Day/Award Ceremony.

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