Nigeria: 'Tobacco Money Worse Than Blood Diamonds'
Apparently driven by the effects of tobacco use on the health of Nigerians, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) have condemned the reception accorded the Managing Director of British American Tobacco (BAT), Keith Gretton during a visit to the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola recently.
A statement jointly issued by the groups in Abuja said: "this is a major miss-step by Lagos State and we owe it a duty to remind the governor, seen by many as a role model, that tobacco investment is worse than blood diamonds".
Reports indicated that Fashola had, while hosting Gretton in his office at Alausa, hailed BAT for allegedly creating jobs since it began operations in 2003, and added that the Lagos government would continue to maintain a conducive environment for BAT and other businesses to thrive in line with its objectives of "aggressive investment" in infrastructure and security to improve the business environment.
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