Nigeria is Running on An Expired Constitution, Says AGF The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), inaugurated a committee of law experts on Thursday to review and update outdated Nigerian laws.
He described this as a step toward advocating an administer of law and inherit to justice in the country.
The AGF noted that while the law is constantly dynamic and evolving, it has been an issue of concern to him how the laws of the federation had not been updated since 2004.
Fagbemi revealed this in Abuja, in his remarks at the inauguration of the committee for the review, update, and consolidation of the laws of the Federation of Nigeria.
He noted that the committee, chaired by Mr Olawale Fapohunda (SAN) and co-chaired by the Chairman of the Nigerian Law Reform Commission, Prof Jummai Audi, will, within four months, “coordinate the collection, collation, and compilation of the LFN up to 2024.”
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He adjunct that the committee will “work with relevant government agencies in harmonising the LFN up to 2024, cross-check, correct and proofread all the legislations to be collected.
“Identify all legislations not included in the 2004 edition of the LFN and update same; identify outdated or redundant laws in the current LFN that want repeal.
“Merge laws addressing related matters to eliminate redundancy; unionise a comprehensive disclose of findings to the HAGF/MJ and thereafter, perform and endeavour any lawful assignment incidental thereto.”
The AGF implicated the committee to focus on identifying outdated laws which were not in line with contemporary requires and values.
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He also advocated them to harmonise challenging laws, to ensure uniformity and consistency.
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Published 10/25/2024