The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act 2007’s declaration of the naira’s abuse as verboten, however, goes beyond jurisprudential worries.
Unfortunately, the malapropism that has the Central Bank of Nigeria substitute “match” for “march” in its act points to a deeper problem ― one that would be lost in translation. That the drafters of this Act actually believed that to “march on the naira” is a phrasing worthy of a local statute is far less troubling than the fact that in their “anyhowness” they could not tell the difference between “match” and “march”.
It would seem that despite lofty declarations to the contrary in its enabling statute, the Central Bank of Nigeria recently owned up to the impossibility of enforcing its strictures on the abuse at social functions of the national currency. In the CBN’s difficulty, most commentators see a problem of jurisprudence.
The recent update to traffic laws in Lagos State falls within the ambit of these questions. The ban, for instance, on vehicles belching smoke from their exhaust fails to accommodate the fact that commercial public transportation in the state comprises vehicles whose engines are past their best-before dates. Enforce this law as it stands, and the disruption to life in the State will be as unparalleled as it would be expensive.
Of course, you get the feeling that our Solons are aware of this dilemma. In which case, might our laws, then, serve a different purpose? In the case of Lagos State’s traffic laws, look to the design of the penalties. These are so high. And infractions so rampant, that the structure of penalties can only help bid up bribes paid by those who fall foul of the law. The State may be diminished thereby, but its agents, who help scofflaws get around the laws, are elevated daily.
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