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Why Family Members Of Smokers Are At Higher Risk – FCCPC

Why Family Members Of Smokers Are At Higher Risk – FCCPC

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) said family members and people around cigarette smokers stand higher risks of lung diseases than the smokers themselves.

The FCCPC Director-General, Mr Babatunde Irukera, who spoke at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Sunday, said science has confirmed that secondary smokers stand higher risks.

He said his commission would protect the interests of such people, especially minors, in its enforcement of the National Tobacco Control Act.

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The FCCPC DG said the commission was sensitive to the plight …

Chinese Restaurant Condemns Closure, Says Govt Lied

Chinese Restaurant Condemns Closure, Says Govt Lied

The Lagos-based Chinese Restaurant sealed up by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, owing to its alleged discrimination against Nigerians has declared that the action of the Government agency was in bad faith.

It demanded for unreserved apology from the FCCPC and its Director-General, Babatunde Irukera, who it said scandalized and maligned its operations.

The restaurant was shut down for allegedly refusing to serve Nigerians.

But in a statement by Ikenna Emewu, Media officer of HUAFEI Nigeria Limited, he said the FCCPC acted in bad taste by not giving a