Ajibola Basiru, spokesman of the senate, says many of the
country’s laws are “dead letters” because they are no longer useful.
Speaking on a live social media programme – Politics
Everywhere With SOK – Basiru, senator representing Osun central, said the
country needs to declare a state of emergency on its laws.
The national assembly under the chairmanship of Bukola
Saraki, former senate president, made attempts to amend, repeal and reenact
some of these defective laws.
At one instance, the house of representatives introduced as
many as 130 bills in one day but most of the proposed legislation passed by
both chambers of the national assembly were not assented to by President
Muhammadu Buhari.
Basiru said poor funding has hindered the reworking of these
obsolete laws.
“It tells us that largely we need to declare a state of
emergency on the laws of Nigeria. Most of our laws have become what they call
dead letters because they are no longer useful,” the senator said in a
statement.
“We know that by Section 5 of the Nigerian Law Reforms
Commission Law, the commission is saddled with ensuring dynamic amendment of
our laws.
“But largely because of funding, and may be lack of
commitment to it, the commission has been largely in limbo.
“So, you would agree with me that we need to declare a state
of emergency in terms of our laws. But then, you see there has to be a relationship
between the executive and the legislature.
“I want to enjoin the attorney-general of the federation and
the Law Reform Commission and particularly the executive to take the issue of
some of our laws reform very serious.”
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