The Kano State Law Reform Commission has earmarked N100 million for the reformation of various laws of the state in 2025.
Chairman of the commission, Justice Lawal Muhammadu, made this known shortly after he defended the commission’s 2025 budget before the State House of Assembly Committee on Judiciary.
Justice Muhammadu informed the state legislators that many of the state’s laws are in need of reforms, a project it started earlier in the year but was unfortunately damaged and burned during the August protest in the state.
He said the whole work is starting all over again with a total budget of N100 million to reform all the laws in the coming year.
“There are many laws that are old; Some were made before Nigeria’s independence and are as old as since 1837, and are based on British law. Some of them are not even used in the country, but we still have them here.
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“Those are some of the reviews we want to do. The ones that are not useful will be withdrawn and the ones that need reform will be reformed,” he noted.
Others agencies that defended their budgets are the Kano State Radio Corporation, the state ministry of information, Kano Pillars Club, Abubakar Rimi Television, The Triumph Newspaper, Kano Printing Press, Kano Film and Censorship Board, among others.
The heads of the various agencies reinstated their commitment to utilizing resources committed in their budgets, to improve outputs at their various organizations.
“I have been quietly spending the summer recuperating at home, and am feeling positive about the progress I have made in my healing and recovery thus far.”
