Government has appointed former Chief Executive Officer of the Tobacco Commission Dr Godfrey Chapola as the regulator’s new board chairperson.
Dr Chapola replaces Mr Michael Nyirenda who has since been appointed into the board of the Technical, Entrepreneurial and Vocational Education and Training Authority (TEVETA).
The appointment of Dr Chapola as new board chairperson of the Commission was announced last week.
The Tobacco Commission has called on traditional leaders in the country to use their authority to stop child labour in tobacco and to ensure all children go to school instead. Board Chairperson Dr Godfrey Chapola made the appeal at a tree planting exercise jointly...
The first round of crop estimates survey for the 2024/2025 tobacco farming season rolled out on Monday, with data collection members from the industry have been deployed to various parts of the country. Coordinated by the Commission, the survey, which ends on January...
The Tobacco Commission has imposed on the owners of nested tobacco bales confiscated in the 2023/2024 selling season a penalty of 50% of the proceeds from the sale of the crop. Following the confiscation, the nested bales were sent for re-handling after which the crop...
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