The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to regulate the manufacturing, use, importation, sales and possession of explosives in the country.
The passage followed the consideration and adoption of a report by the Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Mines, Steel Development and Metallurgy, chaired by Senator Tanko Al-Makura.
Section 11 of the bill seeking to repeal the explosives Act 1964 and enact the explosives Act 2023 passed for third reading by Senate on Wednesday, recommends life imprisonment without option of fine, as punishment for any person who unlawfully manufactures any explosives in the country.
