Ambode signed the two laws, entitled: “Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Corps Law” and the “Lagos State Properties Protection Law”, in his office yesterday.
He explained that it was necessary to enact the law considering recent cases of kidnapping, armed robbery, militant attack and forceful dispossession of land by land grabbers.
According to him, “I have just given assent to two very important bills: the Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Corps Law and the Lagos State Properties Protection Law.
“These two bills are very central to our administration’s focus of safeguarding the lives of residents, attracting and growing investments and improving the ease of doing business in our state.”
He added that the law would equip the state’s security agencies, as the government has created a legal framework to put some form of communal protection in place to boost and support the Police.
“The Neighbourhood Safety Corps will assist the police and other security agencies within the state to maintain law and order across our communities. It will also be charged with the responsibility of registering all private home security and any other person employed for private home security among other things.
“One of the issues that discourages investors and hinders the ease of doing business in Lagos is the issue of land grabbing. A lot of our would-be property owners encounter untold harassment from exploitative land grabbers. This law marks the end of the road for such land grabbers.
“The Lagos State Properties Protection Law will give legal backing to the operations of our law enforcement officers. The main objective of this law is to ensure that our investors, businessmen and the general populace carry on their legitimate land, property transactions without any hindrance or intimidation henceforth.”
The governor explained that the Properties Law will eliminate the activities of persons or corporate entities using force and intimidation to dispossess or prevent people or entity from acquiring legitimate interest and possession of property.
Ambode added that it would ensure that the Special Task Force on Land-Grabbers work with all security agencies to ensure enforcement of government and private property rights and ensure proper coordination of the efforts of the various agencies of government charged with enforcing the state government’s rights over land.
He hailed the efforts of the House of Assembly’s members and the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, for their determination to move the state forward.
Ambode urged Lagosians to obey the laws and join hands with the government in ensuring that the rule of law is enthroned. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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... Was kidnapping legal before in Lagos?
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