The Senate through its Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, declared Wednesday that the Nigerian Law Reform Commission is a dormant institution. The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Micheal Opeyemi Bamidele (APC Ekiti Central) and members, stated this during screening of nominees into the commission forwarded to the Senate for confirmation by President
The Senate through its Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, declared Wednesday that the Nigerian Law Reform Commission is a dormant institution.
Specifically, a member of the Committee, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi , said, ” This commission as the body constitutionally saddled with the responsibility of law reforms, ordinarily supposed to be visible but not visible at all.” “Obsolesce of penalties like N200 fine or six months jail term for offenders of serious crime is ridiculous and not deterrent as it supposed to be,” he said.
She added that the way out for the Commission to be vibrant as far as law reforms are concerned, is for the 9th National Assembly to ensure the passage of a reform bill seeking to reform the Commission for better performance.
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