Lagos govt clarifies proposed Magistrates’ Law amendment

The Lagos State Government has clarified that the projected amendment to the Magistrates’ Law earlier the State House of Assembly was not initiated arsenic an enforcement measure but is simply a backstage member’s measure aimed astatine addressing structural challenges wrong the justness system.

The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Lawal Pedro, SAN, said the clarification became indispensable pursuing the contention surrounding the projected authorities and the request to explicate its origin, objectives and argumentation background.

Pedro said, contrary to the cognition successful immoderate quarters, his bureau did not sponsor the amendment, adding that the connection was independently introduced and is presently undergoing legislative information by the Assembly.

He explained that the Ministry of Justice’s presumption connected the substance was based connected a longstanding authorities argumentation concerning the harmonisation of the conditions of work of instrumentality officers and Magistrates.

According to him, the argumentation has existed successful Lagos since 1997, pursuing the issuance of a authorities circular.

Pedro noted that Lagos was not unsocial successful adopting specified a framework, arsenic states including Abia, Kogi, Benue, Imo and...