Nigeria, Feb. 26 -- A bill that seeks to regulate fees payable to rent agents and lawyers in Enugu State scaled the first reading at the State House Assembly on Tuesday.

Titled "The Bill for a Law to Amend the Landlord and Tenant Law, CAP. 101, Laws of Enugu State, 2024," the proposed legislation was sponsored by the member representing Nkanu East State Constituency, Okey Mbah.

The proposed legislation, if passed, will alter certain provisions of the existing "Landlord and Tenant Law, CAP. 101, Laws of Enugu State, 2024."

PREMIUM TIMES obtained a copy of the bill on Tuesday.

The bill, among other things, seeks to regulate fees payable to rent agents and lawyers by setting both fees at a maximum of 10 per cent.

The bill also seeks to ...