The Plateau State House of Assembly has passed into law a bill seeking to establish a Law Reform Commission in the state .
The Deputy Speaker, Fom Gwottson, who disclosed this on Sunday, in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Precious Kaneng Yohanna, noted that the lawmakers equally passed the state’s Mediation Centre Bill into law. The statement read in part “The bills for a law to establish the Plateau State Law Reform Commission and Plateau State Mediation Center, have both been passed into law by the Plateau State House of Assembly during plenary on Tuesday 18th July, 2023, and Tuesday 25th July 2023 respectively.
“Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee in charge of both bills, Rt. Hon. Gwottson Dalyop Fom submitted the committee’s reports on both occasions to the floor of the House having subjected them to the prudent scrutiny of relevant stakeholders in the Justice Sector, relevant government institutions, civil society organisations, and other well-meaning citizens.
“After the Third Reading of the bills by the clerk of the House, the Speaker, Suleman Moses, threw the question of acceptance and rejection of the bills to the floor. Thereafter the bills were passed into law having secured affirmative majority votes of the lawmakers”