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Committee Set Up to Enforce Smoking Ban 

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Dr. Aliyu Modibbo, has set up a committee to enforce the ban on smoking in public places in the FCT from June 1.

A statement by Mr. Muhammad Hazat, the Chief Press Secretary to the Minister yesterday in Abuja, said the committee would be coordinated by the FCT Social Development Secretariat headed by its Secretary, Mrs. Felicita Banehita-Olajide, with eight members.

According to the statement, the minister said the committee is expected to embark on an aggressive public awareness campaign from May 1, to effectively sensitise the public.

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