NUJ Commends Senate Over Advanced Rent Regulation Bill First Reading

January 21, 2022Media ReleaseNUJ APPLAUDS ADVANCED RENT REGULATION BILL 2022We commend the Nigerian Senate for the successful first reading of a bill entitled “Advanced Rent (Residential Apartments, Office Spaces, etc) Regulation Bill 2022,” which seeks to regulate the payment of rent being imposed by landlords. This is timely and welcomed.This private member bill is sponsored by a former President of Nigeria Union of Journalists, Senator Smart Adeyemi. The bill if passed into law, will be of immense help to poor workers who live at the mercy of exploitative landlords.We note…

Read More