Amotekun: Lagos state Assembly to amend neighbourhood corps law
- The Lagos state House of Assembly is amending the law backing creation of the neighbourhood corps
- This is done so as to enshrine the Amotekun bill into the 2019 law of the Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC)
- Lawmakers in the state went through the bill for the second time on Thursday, February 20
The process of amending the 2019 law that brought about the creation of the Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC) has been commenced by the state's House of Assembly so as to accommodate Operation Amotekun.
This is as the bill for the new security network went through its first and second reading on Thursday, February 20, during the state legislature's plenary.
In order to beef-up security in the state, operatives of the outfit are allowed to work with other related agencies.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that by the directive of Governor Kayode Fayemi, the Ekiti Ministry of Justice would begin the translation of the legislation that backs the creation of Amotekun alongside other laws into the Yoruba language for better understanding and interpretation.
Commenting on the readiness of the government to carry out the task, the state's commissioner for justice, Olawale Fapohunda, said that the legislation, known as the Ekiti Security Network Agency bills, has been read at the state Assembly.
Fapohunda said that what is next was the signing of the bills into law by the governor.
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The commissioner said that being that the bills, when signed, would affect the lives of residents of rural communities in the state, it is imperative for them to be fully explained in the people's local language.
He said that this is part of Fayemi's plan to effect greater participation of the people in the business of governance, adding that the translation of the laws will be in phases.
However, Legit.ng had reported that a former commissioner of police in Lagos, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, had reacted to the creation of regional security networks in Nigeria.
In his view, Tsav said that such outfits like Operation Amotekun from the southwest and Shege Ka Fasa in the north, if allowed to thrive, would eventually disintegrate Nigeria.
In fact, the retired police chief in Lagos claimed that both security initiatives are actually grand strategies to break up the country.
He noted that part of the reason people are going about such moves was that they are actually dissatisfied with the present outlook of things.
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