The\u00a0 Environmental Rights Action (ERA), yesterday said it was sad that the the National Tobacco Control Bill (NTCB) is yet to be signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan six months after the National Assembly passed it.<\/span><\/p>\n Its Director, Corporate Accountability and Administration, Mr Akinbode Oluwafemi, said there is the likelihood the Bill may not have gotten to the President\u2019s desk for signature.<\/span><\/p>\n Oluwafemi, who spoke yesterday at a press briefing in Lagos, said President Jonathan would be mandated within 30 days to either sign the Bill into law or return it to the National Assembly with cogent reasons why it was rejected. He said the counting would start from the day it got to his table. \u201cWhen it is returned by the President, if that is the case, two-third majority of the National Assembly can veto it to become a law,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n He said the hopes of many Nigerians who had expected the President to sign the Bill before the United Nations high-level meeting in New York on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD), was dashed. \u201cAt that meeting, many heads of states and government made a commitment towards eradicating the risk factors of NCD, one of which is tobacco use,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n