Soludo calls for digitization of laws to gain international acceptance

Anambra state Governor, Chukwuma Charles Soludo has called for the digitization of Anambra state laws to make it line with the international best practice.

 

He stated this when he received the state’s law review committee at the Governors lodge in Awka, the state capital.

 

The review committee which was set up by the immediate past administration were there to officially submit their report on digitizing the Anambra state laws.

 

According to a statement by the press secretary to governor Soludo,Christian Aburime, the Committee was led by the former State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr. Uju Nworgu.

 

Recieving the Committee, Governor Soludo commended their efforts on the onerous task which they successfully discharged, emphasizing on the significance of digitizing Anambra State Laws.

 

“Part of what we would like to achieve is in line with our vision of making Anambra the digital tribe of Nigeria.

 

“We will liaise with our learned justices, the Chief Judge as well as the State House of Assembly to ensure that these requirements of hardcopy and so on and so forth will be a basic investment.

 

“By the time ndi Anambra gets acclimatized with the digital culture we are striving to imbibe, they would never want to go back to analogue”, Governor Soludo noted.

 

On her part, Dr Uju Nwogu said “It was quite a tedious job because the laws are so many but we did all of that and at the end of the day, we have completed and concluded the revision.

 

“In the process of revision in accordance with the Revision Law 2019, we have two stages. The first stage is preparing the law, the second stage is to publish and print the law. This is the provision of the law.

 

“The circumstances of this assignment are exactly the same as the case of Lagos State in 2015 where an assignment like ours was completed by the Lagos State Law Reform Commission in the administration of Governor Ambode,” she disclosed.

 

The State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Sylvia Ifemeje said that Anambra State Law Revision Committee is made up of the Former Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Ijem Onwuamaegbu, the Former Attorney General, Dr. Uju Nwogu, the former Solicitor General of Anambra State, Mrs. Tina Emekekwu and Hon. Justice Aniukwu (Nnewi Judicial Division).

 

“They were inaugurated by the last administration to review all the laws in Anambra State, to update it and make it to be in line with international law best practices.

 

“They finally completed the assignment and have come to report to us, myself and the Governor inclusive that they have completed their task.

 

“We thank them immensely and ask them to bring the soft copy for us so that we can forward the same to the State House of Assembly for them to pass it into law,”‘ she said.