By Anastasia Agunwa
The Anambra State House of Assembly has constituted an eight-man ad-hoc committee to review the State Laws Revised Law, 2025 for enhanced development.
The committee is headed by Hon. Mimie Ifeoma Azikiwe representing Onitsha North 1 Constituency, with Anthonia Obi as Secretary.
The House resolution was sequel to the
Bill on Laws Revised Law, 2025 presented by the Majority leader, Hon. Ikenna Ofodeme, which passed through its first and second reading during plenary on January 20.
The Bill seeks to provide for the revision, printing and publication of the revised laws of Anambra State and for connected purposes.
The Speaker of the House, Hon. Somtochukwu Udeze who presided over the plenary had moved for the first and the second reading of the Bill while the lawmakers unanimously adopted through voice votes.
The Speaker, however, committed the Bill to an eight-man committee constituted immediately to be headed by Hon. Mimie Azikiwe with a task to oversee the meticulous process of revising and consolidating the State’s legal framework for the first time in many years.
Hon. Udeze said that the laws for revision 2025 comprises about 221 bills and urged the committee to conduct a thorough review and report back to the House within four weeks for deliberations and final passage.
Speaking in favour of the Bill, Hon. Jude Umennajiego, representing Onitsha South II constituency, Hon. Obi Nweke representing Anambra East, Hon. Noble Igwe representing Ogbaru 1, Hon. Jude Ngobili representing the Ihiala 1, Hon. Jude Akpua representing Njikoka II, Hon. Anayo Okpalaeke representing Aguata 1, Hon. Chidi Ibemeka representing Njikoka 1 and Hon. Mimie Azikiwe representing Onitsha North 1 constituency described it as apt, noting that the state laws were last reviewed in 1990.
The lawmakers resolved to review the state’s laws to bring it in line with current circumstances and accord Ndi Anambra the opportunity of having prompt knowledge of the laws.
They noted that most state laws were obsolete and need to be replaced with current laws that would bring sanity to the legal system.
According to the lawmakers, Anambra people needed to know which laws were to be updated so they could comply. The law was revised between August 1990 and May 1999, indicating that the state is backward in legal matters.
Responding on behalf of the Committee, Hon. Mimie Azikiwe representing Onitsha North 1, assured of her team’s commitment to the assignment, adding that a state cannot function without effective laws that would initiate ways to address important issues.
Anastasia is of the Anambra State Ministry of Information, Awka
