DAURA — The Katsina State Government has placed a ban on the sale and smoking of shisha and other non-medical substances across the state.
The state’s Director of Information, Buhari Mamman-Daura, announced the prohibition in a press release on Friday, stating that it is with immediate effect.
Mamman-Daura stated that the ban on shisha and other nonconventional intoxicants was part of the Innovative Inhalants Order 2022, signed by Governor Aminu Masari on 5 September 2022.
“This is in accordance with the powers conferred upon him by the provision of Section 5 Sub Section 2 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as amended,” the director noted.
“With this development, the sales, inhalation or dealing in any non-medical substances particularly shisha is banned throughout the state.”
He explained that the government took the measure in light of the worrisome rate of shisha addiction by the youths in the state.
Violators of the order shall be guilty of an offence punishable under Section 114 of the Penal Code Law of Katsina State 2021, the Director emphasised.
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