The argument began when a lawmaker objected that the new bill's content was the same as a previous one she had sponsored in the past.
A dispute has broken out between some House of Representatives members over a proposed law that would make it legal for businesses to sell, grow, and use cannabis sativa, also known as marijuana.
The legislation is a new attempt to amend the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act to allow the anti-narcotic agency to grant licenses for the cultivation, sale, and use of marijuana. It is sponsored by two Green Chamber members, Benjamin Kalu and Olumide Osoba.
The bill, which is officially titled as ‘A Bill for an Act to Amend the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act, Cap. N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 to Confer Additional Responsibility of the Power to Grant and Revoke Licenses for the Cultivation of Cannabis (or Any of Its Three Species, Namely Cannabis Sativa, Cannabis Indica and Cannabis Ruderalis) Plant for Medicinal Purposes; and for Related Matters,’ is a consolidation of Kalu and Osoba's separate bills numbered HBs. 1190 & 1918.