After over two years of work, the Anambra State Law Revision Committee has submitted its report to the state government through the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Professor Sylvia Ifemeje.
Former Governor Willie Obiano set up the committee and gave them six months to complete the task, adding that the move was to ensure that the masses have easy access to justice.
Receiving the report in Awka, Commissioner Ifemeje described it as landmark achievement in the justice sector, adding that the review is in line with Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s mandate on expeditious dispensation of justice, as most of the laws are obsolete and needed to be in tune with current trends and realities.
She informed that she will submit the report to Governor for onward transmission to the Anambra State House of Assembly for “blanket approval”, adding that efforts are on to make Anambra laws available online for easy access.
Earlier, the Chairman of the Anambra State Law Revision Committee, Justice Ijem Onwuamaegwu, represented by a member of the committee and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ifeanyi Obiakor, explained that enormous work involved made their work linger beyond the initial six months deadline, adding that having successfully reviewed about three hundred laws by members of the committee, Anambra State will now have current laws properly updated when approved by the legislature.
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