• Super Admin
• 06 Mar, 2026

The speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has warned of a hasty ban against single-use plastic products in the drive to tackling plastic pollution. He also cautioned that a poorly planned ban on single-use plastics could disrupt livelihoods and destabilise industries that relied heavily on plastic materials. Abbas gave the warning in Abuja while declaring open a public hearing organised by the House of Representatives' Ad-hoc Committee on Preparedness for the Single-Use Plastic Ban in Nigeria on Friday. "Our nation is grappling with a severe plastic waste menace that chokes our drainages, degrades our soil quality, threatens marine life in the Niger Delta and the Atlantic coastline, and ultimately infiltrates our food chain," he said. Earlier, the chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee, Terseer Ugbor, said the committee intended to develop a comprehensive legislative framework that "balances environmental protection with the economic implications of phasing out plastics." "We are not here to debate whether a transition away from problematic plastics should happen," he said. Source: https://blueprint.ng/speaker-abbas-cautions-on-hasty-plastic-ban-says-transition-must-protect-jobs/