Anambra lawmakers set to review state law for enhanced devt.

Anambra lawmakers set to review state law for enhanced devt.

Anambra lawmakers have constituted an eight-man adhoc to review the State Law 2025 for enhanced development.

The committee is headed by Mrs Ifeoma Azikiwe(APGA) representing Onitsha North constituency with Anthonia Obi as Secretary.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports on Tuesday in Awka that the lawmakers resolved to review the law of the state to bring it in line with current circumstances.

It was also to enable people of the state to have prompt knowledge of the law.

Mr Ikenna Offordeme, (APGA), the Majority Leader, representing Ekwusigo constituency moved the motion for the Law Revision Bill 2025 based on the Standing Order Revision 74 (1).

Mr Jude Umennajiego (APGA) representing Onitsha South 2 supported the motion and urged other lawmakers to do so.

He said that most of the state laws are obsolete and needed replacement with current laws that would bring sanity into the legal system.

Mr Obi Nweke, representing Anambra East, said that the review of the law was apt noting that the state law was last reviewed in 1990.

According to him, society resolves hence the need to fine-tune the law for right living.

Mr Noble Igwe, representing Ogbaru, said that Anambra people needed to know what laws to be updated so they could comply.

He said that the law was revised between Aug. 1990 and May 1999 which he said indicated that the state is backward in law matters.

He said that any law deemed unnecessary including Edits by the military government in 1991 for dispensation of right justice and quality law knowledge needed to be reviewed.

Mrs Ifeoma Azikiwe representing Onitsha North 1, said that a state cannot function without effective laws that would initiate ways to create important issues.

Mr John Chimezie representing ihiala constituency said that the state law revision Bill was apt because it would give room for good laws that would enable research and reference.

He advised the committee members to take the modification, adoption, expectation and all necessary adaptation into consideration.

Dr SomtoChukwu Udeze, the Speaker referred the revised law bill to the adhoc committee to do a detailed job after the bill passed first and second reading.

Udeze said that the law for revision 2025 is about 221 bills and urged the committee to do a thorough review and report in four weeks.

Responding, Azikiwe, the chairman of the committee, assured of her team’s commitment to the assignment.

The committee’s functions included laws to be updated, revised and included in the revised law amongst other related matters.

The lawmakers commended Prof. Charles Soludo, the state governor, for the massive security control during the festive periods.

The speaker expressed the delight of the 8th Assembly at the level of security the people enjoyed during the festive season and is still enjoying and urged the government for sustenance.