FG moves to abolish 269 obsolete laws as review committee submits report.
The action followed the formal presentation of the report of the committee set up in 2024 to review all the laws in the country to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, […] The post FG moves to abolish 269 obsolete laws as review committee submits report appeared first on Vanguard News .
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA– The Federal Government on Thursday began the process of repealing 269 laws it described as obsolete.
The Committee, which was led by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and former Attorney General of Ekiti State, Mr.
Olawale Fapohunda, was co-chaired by Professor Dakas Dakas, SAN. While presenting the report to the AGF at the Ministry of Justice headquarters in Abuja, Mr. Fapohunda, SAN, disclosed that the Committee considered a total of 932 federal enactments and 731 subsidiary legislations. He added that, of the laws considered, 663, together with their relevant subsidiary legislations, were identified for inclusion in the Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN), while 269 were found to be obsolete, spent or repealed.
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