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NAN, FCTA to partner on ban on smoking 

Jump to full article: Champion Newspapers (ng), 2010-01-28
Author: KASIE ABONE

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Mrs Oluremi Oyo, Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), has assured the FCT Administration that the Agency would partner with it in its fight against tobacco smoking.

Oyo gave the assurance in Abuja on Tuesday when she received members of the FCT Committee on `the Ban on Smoking in Public Places’ led by Mrs Habiba Kalgo, the Secretary, FCT Social Development Secretariat.

Oyo described smoking as anti-social and said that NAN welcomed partnerships that would have positive impact on the lives of Nigerians.

``We understand your labour of love and I want to pledge on behalf of my colleagues that you can count on NAN.

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