The House of Representatives is moving to increase the fine for the defacing of Nigerian flag from N100 to N100,000.

The House on Wednesday passed for second reading a bill to amend the Flag and Coats of Arms Act.

The bill, introduced by Sada Soli, was debated and passed for second reading by the lawmakers.

It would be recalled that the Act forbids the defacing or manhandling of the National Flag.

Among other things, the bill seeks to amend section 4 of the principal Act to increase the fine for individual violators from N100 to N100,000.

Also, the bill is proposing N1 million fine for organizations that violate the national flag.

The proposed amendment states that “for an individual will be liable to one hundred thousand naira (N100,000) and in the case of a Corporate Organization, it shall be liable to a Fine of one million naira (N1,000,000) and in the case of a continuing offence, to a Fine of twenty thousand naira (N20,000) for every day for an individual and for a Corporate Organization to a Fine of N100,000 (one hundred thousand) for every day”.

Speaking on the bill, Soli said Nigerians and organisation are notorious for defacing the flag with impunity.

He said the exiting law is not sufficient to prevent the abuse of the flag.

The motion was adopted without opposition. It was consequently referred to relevant committees for further action.

mysticwarrior:
Instead of those old gboats to look for a way to ease the hardship of the country they are there dealing with irrelevant issues.

The country is currently plagued with security problems, inflation which is leading to famine, criminality of a higher magnitude, hunger and starvation in the land, high rate of unemployment, poor basic amenities, bad roads, sub-zero electricity supply, and all they do is to turn a blind eye and deaf ear to the cry of the people just because of their selfish political greed.

Okete001:
Hehehe

Commendable!!!

No ‘bona fide son’ of Nigeria will ever rubbish the Nigerian flag.

Omo àlè ló n fi owó òsì júwe ilé bàbá è

eliyke:
dis gathering is always discoursing irrelevant issues,e b like say witches nd wizards gathering sef dey more intelligent nd productive pass dis our politicians

DatIgalaDude:
The flag is the new economy, let's save the flag and let the people die of hardship.

barinedan:
People are hungry, bandits are killing and destroying lives, but some honoursbles' major concern is the flag. Rubbish

tnerro1:
How does that affect the price of a bag of rice or the taxes farmers pay to bandits to go to their farms?