Governor Abubakar Sani Bello Assents To Two Bills

Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has signed into law two bills passed by the  State House of Assembly.The governor assented to the bills  at the Government House,in  Minna.

The laws are:  “a law to repeal child right law 2010 and re-enact Niger State Child Right Law 2010 to establish Child Right Protection and Enforcement Agency, provide and protect rights of children in Niger State and other; and a law to repeal the Shari’ah Administration of Justice Law, 2015, and enact the Shari’ah Administration of Justice, Establishment and Constitution of Shari’ah Courts in Niger State and first information report( for) related matters, 2021.

Governor Sani Bello said the newly enacted laws are to ease the daily application of laws especially when it comes to the protection of fundamental rights of the child and the application of Shariah laws accordingly.

The Governor commended the Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly along with other members for repealing the laws and the  re-enactment of the existing ones that he signed into law.