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Osinbajo declare national summit on law reforms open, Tuesday
KEHINDE AKINTOLA, Abuja
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Tuesday, 19th June, 2018 declare open the national summit on law reforms in Abuja.
According to the organisers, stakeholders expected at the event include: Justice Walter Onnoghen, Chief Justice of Nigeria; Senate Leader, Bukola Saraki; Speaker Yakubu Dogara and other members of the Senate and House of Representatives; Justices of Supreme Court; President of Court of Appeal; Chief Judges of Federal High Court; FCT High Court; Chief Judges of States High Court; President of National Industrial Court; Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice; Attorney Generals of the 36 states; State Law Reform Commissions;
Heads of Government agencies and p [ rastatals, among other stakeholders.
Kefas Magari, Chairman of Nigerian Law Reform Commission( NLRC), who disclosed this at a press briefing held in Abuja, noted that the federal laws have not been revised for over 15 years due to paucity of fund.
He however noted that the present administration has graciously released fund for the exercise, hence the resolve of the Commission to convey the summit.
Lamenting the negative effect of the delay of the revision exercise on the smooth operation of government institutions, Magaji said,“ the desire for the law revision exercise was informed by the fact that the last law revision exercise was done in 2002 and published in 2004 as the laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.
“ The implication of this development is that, federal laws in Nigeria have not been revised in the last fifteen years contrary to international best practices, which require that law revision exercise be undertaken every ten years.
“ The negative effect of this delay is that there is a huge gap in the body of laws and negatively affects the smooth operation of government institutions and the effective Administration of Justice particularly in terms of awareness, access, implementation, citation, referencing and use of extant laws.”
The NLRC Chairman explained that about 552 Acts of the National Assembly are published in the laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, adding that many of them have undergone series of amendments, while others have been repealed in the last fifteen years.
“ Within the same period, several new laws have also been enacted with little or no publicity, thereby making the use and referencing of these laws difficult. It is imperative that these amendments and new laws be revised and incorporated into the laws of the Federation of Nigeria to facilitate their effective use.
“ The purpose of the summit is to elicit the buy-in support nd cooperation of all relevant stakeholders, and the Nigerian community to ensure a successful law revision that will engender good governance, produce the bet set of laws of the federation of Nigeria ever, which will encourage a sound democratic culture based on the knowledge and application of the rule of law.
L-R: Chibueze Okorie, Commissioner 1 for Nigerian Law Reform Commission( NLRC); Kefas Musa Magaji, NLRC Chairman and Jummai Audi, NLRC Commissioner II, during a press briefing the National Summit on Law Revision holding Tuesday in Abuj. Pix: KEHINDE AKINTOLA
Ondo First Lady seeks ADB’ s collaboration on women empowerment initiatives
KEHINDE AKINTOLA, Abuja
In her deep sense of commitment to women affairs and development, Betty Akeredolu, Wife of Ondo State Governor has called for African Development Bank’ s( AfDB) collaboration in the area of women empowerment and social development in the State.
Akeredolu made this call during a technical session with the visiting AfDB group management team led by its Senior Director, Ebirima Faal at the Ondo State Executive Council Chamber, Akure.
Akeredolu welcomed AfDB group to Ondo State and wished them a happy stay during the period of their stay in Ondo State.
The Sunshine State First Lady recounted some of the landmark achievements of the office of the Wife of the Governor within one year in office to include: ICT training for 105 girls from across
OWEDE AGBAJILEKE, Abuja
The Senate has ordered the Nigeria Immigration Service( NIS) to deport Young Ho Jo, Managing Director of Samsung back to South Korea.
The Upper Legislative chamber has accused Young Ho Jo of coming into the country without proper documentation.
The order for deportation of Samsung Managing Director was announced by Solomon Adeola, Chairman, Senate Ad-hoc Committee probing the $ 16.35 billion Egina Oil Field Project, during an interactive session with major and sub-contractors of the project.
According to Adeola, resolution for the deportation
Ondo State, where all the participants went home with a tablet.
Others include: solar Renewable Energy training for over 200 Ondo State girls and beyond; skill acquisition training for over 1,000 women in 5 LGA’ s in her FOWOSO women empowerment program, where a hundred women and girls smiled home with a laptop; accelerated birth registration; massive breast cancer Awareness in Nigeria.
Akeredolu also stressed that all the achievements were accomplished in the midst of huge debt inherited by their administration on assumption of office and called for AfDB’ s collaboration towards giving Ondo women and children the much desired dividends of democracy in the area of qualitative health care delivery, maternal and child mortality reduction, poverty alleviation, gender parity, among others.
Senate orders deportation of Samsung MD
of the Samsung MD was adopted by the Senate last week Thursday in line with recommendation of the committee in its interim report.
The senator who made the announcement to the hearing of the embattled South Korean and other operators of the Egina oil field project, revealed that illegality of Jo’ s residency in Nigeria came to the fore during scrutiny of his papers.
He said:“ Young Ho Jo who has been working for the past two months in Nigeria as the Managing Director of Samsung without fulfilling legal requirements for such told us that he couldn’ t complete his documentation as a result of alleged brake down of machines of the Nigeria Content Development Monitoring Board( NCMDB).
Buhari rediscovering Nigeria for youths-Bello
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JAMES KWEN, Abuja
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Muhammad Bello has described the policies and programmes of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration as laying solid foundations that will rediscover Nigeria for the benefits of the youths.
Bello stated this during the Iftar Ramadan breakfast with FCT youths at his official residence in Life Camp, Abuja where he said
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the present administration is essentially holding forth for the youths.
He added that the progress, prosperity and tremendous transformation that is happening in the country is being done for the benefits of the youths.
“ Most of us here are basically just holding forth for you. The strength, progress, prosperity and the tremendous amount of transformation that is going to happen in this country is going to be done during your time.
“ So, what Mr. President and his team are doing now is basically to rediscover
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Nigeria for your benefit, to lay a very solid foundation so that it becomes easier for you to govern it, live in it and to provide all the benefits for the teeming population”, the FCT Minister noted.
Bello who stated that it was important for the country not to miss this golden opportunity, said there is need for the youths to rise above clannish tribal and ethnic sentiments and unite to work together for the benefit of the country.
“ We have to be friendly to each other, we have to love each other, we have to be united, we have to
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be disciplined, we have to be honest, we have to be hardworking and above all, we have to be very broad minded to accept your neighbours, irrespective of their tribe, religion and whatever they do and to work for the good of the community. If we do these, the sky is going to be the limit for all of us.
“ If all of you put heads together and really unite as Abuja symbolizes, then when it is your time, you are going to govern over a country that will be solid, that will be prosperous and that is going to be the envy
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of all African nations and all nations of the world,” he added.
The FCT Minister equally charged youths resident in the FCT to continue to work towards improving the security and harmonious coexistence within the city to ensure it remains the city that cherished is by Africa and the wider world.
Citing a recent statistics that shows that a larger proportion of FCT population is comprised of youths, Bello charged the youths to guard the city very jealously, including its security, beauty as well
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as its harmonious interreligious, inter-communal and inter-ethnic relationships.
“ Abuja as a city is something that many people from other parts of the world admire and cherish, we must therefore guard it jealously,” he stressed.
Earlier in his remarks, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Social Investment Programme, Ismaeel Ahmed, thanked the Minister for the honour and reception given to them by agreeing to host the youths to a special Ramadan breakfast dinner.
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