FG Scraps 269 Obsolete Laws After Review of 932 Federal Enactments

The Federal Government has recognized 269 federal legal guidelines as out of date, spent, or repealed following a complete evaluation of Nigeria’s authorized framework, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), introduced on Thursday in Abuja.

Presenting the ultimate report of the Committee on the Review, Update and Consolidation of the Laws of the Federation, Fagbemi revealed that the committee examined 932 federal enactments and 731 subsidiary legislations. Of the legal guidelines reviewed, 663 enactments and their associated subsidiary legislations had been accepted for inclusion within the proposed Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN) 2025, whereas 269 had been advisable for exclusion.

According to the minister, the train marks a significant step in direction of creating a contemporary, accessible, and consolidated physique of federal legal guidelines for Nigeria.

Fagbemi famous that the final official consolidation of the Laws of the Federation was carried out in 2004, making the present evaluation essential after greater than twenty years of legislative, constitutional, institutional, and technological adjustments.

He defined that the committee, inaugurated on October 24, 2024, was tasked with reviewing federal legal guidelines, eradicating outdated provisions, resolving inconsistencies, and producing an authoritative authorized reference for the nation.

The Attorney General praised the committee, led by Olawale Fapohunda (SAN), for endeavor in depth authorized analysis, legislative evaluation, technical coordination, and editorial work. He added that the group operated by means of 14 thematic working teams and collaborated with a number of establishments and growth companions, together with the ROLAC Programme, Law Commission of England and Wales, LexisNexis South Africa, Lagos State Law Reform Commission, and Law Pavilion.

Fagbemi disclosed that the committee’s report might be forwarded to President Bola Tinubu earlier than being transmitted to the National Assembly for legislative consideration and approval.

He additionally cautioned towards one other extended hole in updating Nigeria’s legal guidelines, stressing the necessity for a everlasting mechanism to make sure steady evaluation and revision of federal laws.

Earlier, Fapohunda stated the committee’s work prolonged past compiling legal guidelines, focusing additionally on eliminating out of date statutes, resolving conflicting provisions, and aligning laws with present socio-economic and technological realities.

He highlighted a number of areas requiring additional legislative consideration, together with outdated statutory language, cumbersome cross-references, inconsistencies in regulation sequencing, and fines that not mirror present-day financial realities, with some penalties nonetheless set as little as ₦10 or ₦50.

The committee advisable the creation of a centralised nationwide repository for federal laws and the institutionalisation of a steady regulation revision course of to stop future delays in consolidating Nigeria’s authorized framework.

Fapohunda formally offered the committee’s last report and draft copies of the 20-volume Laws of the Federation 2025 to the Attorney General for additional government motion.

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