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COMMENTS ON THE BOOK - LAWS OF RIVERS STATE OF NIGERIA: AN ENCYCLOPAEDIC GUIDE
“This book is a most welcome contribution to the law reform effort as regards the Laws of Rivers State. Legal practitioners and researchers should find its practical importance most invaluable.”
B. M. Wifa (Senior Advocate of Nigeria; former Rivers State Attorney-General & Commissioner of Justice; Managing Solicitor of B. M. Wifa & Co., Port Harcourt)
“This book is of critical importance and therefore indispensable to legal research and advocacy about Rivers State in particular and the Nigerian legal system in general.”
Professor Enyinna Sodienye Nwauche (Professor of Law, Rivers State University of Science & Technology, Port Harcourt)
“This is a well-researched work. It is a fountain of legal knowledge as regards the Laws of Rivers State. I recommend it to every lawyer and the general public.”
Dame Mina Benebo (Solicitor-General & Permanent Secretary, Rivers State Ministry of Justice, Port Harcourt)
“This compendium of extant (i.e. existing) Laws of Rivers State is, without doubt, a highly scholarly reference text. It is a must-have for all practitioners of the law in Rivers State. I highly recommend it to all who love legal research.”
Hon. Justice Letam L. Nyordee (High Court Judge, Rivers State Judiciary, Port Harcourt)
“This book – Laws of Rivers State of Nigeria: An Encyclopaedic Guide – is a veritable and credible academic production to quench the practice needs of researchers and practitioners of law in Rivers State.”
Ericonda Amadi, Esq. (Legal Practitioner, Okocha & Okocha Legal Practitioners, Manuchim Chambers, Port Harcourt)
“This book is not only for lawyers, but also for the general public. I therefore recommend it to everybody.”
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BOOK REVIEW BY PROFESSOR ENYINNA SODIENYE NWAUCHE - LAWS OF RIVERS STATE OF NIGERIA: AN ENCYCLOPAEDIC GUIDE
Book: Laws of Rivers State of Nigeria: An Encyclopaedic Guide
Author: Dr. Leesi Ebenezer Mitee, PhD in international human rights law, legal information technology (aspects of legal informatics), indigenous customary law, and indigenous rights and LLM in transborder comparative analysis of free access to public legal information. He is a chief lecturer of law (equivalent of associate professor of law) and a former legal research national consultant to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on the 1998 PCASED project that provided the juridical foundations for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 1998 Moratorium which culminated in a regional multilateral treaty: ECOWAS Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons, their Ammunition and other Related Matters 2006.
Publisher: Worldwide Business Resources, United Kingdom (Website: https://publiclegalinformation.com )
Pages: 254
Reviewer: Professor Enyinna Sodienye Nwauche, Professor of Law at Nelson Mandela School of Law University of Fort Hare, East London, South Africa
One of the enduring maxims of the common law is that ignorance of the law is no excuse. This maxim however flies in the face of democracy which is a system of government that thrives on the participation of citizens if it is to be sustainable, transparent, accountable, and meaningful. Since information is important to the critical engagement of the citizenry in the processes of governance it is no surprise that access to information is not only considered a right, there are now standard procedures to enable people to access information that is often within the control of government. In a developing country such as Nigeria information about legislation is also difficult to get even though there does not appear to be a deliberate attempt by governments to restrict access to legislation. Even though it is also strongly felt that legislation is the business of legal practitioners, considerable obstacles stand in the way of legal practitioners in ascertaining the corpus of legislation in all levels of government. Mr Leesi Ebenezer Mitee must be congratulated for a book that makes it easy for legal practitioners and laymen alike to discover the law.
The book Laws of Rivers State of Nigeria: An Encyclopaedic Guide is an excellent primary resource which organises the Laws of Rivers State from the Laws of Eastern Nigeria 1963 to the Laws of Rivers State 2010. Part 1 of the book contains a chronological table of the Laws of Rivers State in that period. Part 2 is an alphabetical table of the Laws of Rivers State for that period. Part 3 of the Book contains Laws of Rivers State between 1963 and 1988 and the author warns on p. 87 that except otherwise indicated, the Laws under this part may no longer be in force. What is educative about part 3 is that there is a short summary of every piece of legislation. Part 4 contains the Laws of Rivers State of Nigeria 1999 and Laws made thereafter between 1999 and 2010. This part presents the current state of the law and like part 3 contains a more substantive summary of the legislation. In addition, the subsidiary legislation for each law are set out. There are five Appendices which essentially define the legislative powers of the Rivers State Government and include the States (Creation and Transitional Provisions) Decree 1967; sections 4 and 105 of the 1999 Constitution. The Appendices also include the Second Schedule to the 1999 Constitution as well as the Revised Edition (Laws of Rivers State of Nigeria) Law 1991.
As a primary resource this is an excellent initiative which should not only be owned by every lawyer but every Rivers man and woman eager to abide by the law and take advantage of its contents. One is disturbed by the author’s caution that the laws so excellently arranged may not be exhaustive. If there are other laws not catalogued in this book, it is our hope that they should be reflected in the second edition of this book which should be out, we recommend, in no distant future.
Mr Ebenezer Leesi Mitee is to be congratulated for an excellent work and a groundbreaking treatise in legislation management. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to every law office, to every law faculty and the general public.
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Rivers State was created out of the former Eastern Nigeria on 27 May 1967 by virtue of the States (Creation and Transitional Provisions) Decree No. 14 of 1967. Rivers State inherited Eastern Nigeria legislation in accordance with section 1(5) of the said Decree. Consequently, legislation applicable to Rivers State as at 27 May 1967 consisted of the Laws contained in The Revised Edition of The Laws of Eastern Nigeria 1963 and those enacted between 1963 and 1967 excluding, of course, the Decrees promulgated by the Government of the Republic of Biafra. Thereafter, Edicts were promulgated by the successive Military Governors of Rivers State between 1968 and 28 May 1999, interspersed with brief periods of democratic Government that enacted Laws. Since 29 May 1999 that Nigeria returned to democracy, the Rivers State House of Assembly has been enacting Laws for the State by virtue of its legislative powers under section 100 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999.
Today, the current Laws of Rivers State consist of Laws published in The Laws of Rivers State of Nigeria 1999 containing legislation still in force (from Eastern Nigeria Laws inherited as mentioned above and Rivers State Laws made thereafter) and Laws enacted between 1999 and 2010. It should be noted that by virtue of section 3 of the Revised Edition (Laws of Rivers State of Nigeria) Law 1991, there may be Laws which, although omitted in The Laws of Rivers State of Nigeria 1999, still have the force of law just like those included in it.
Unfortunately, there is an operational disconnect between the enactment of legislation and their publication in the official form either in the Official Gazette or in bound annual volumes as required by law. Consequently, it becomes a Herculean task to search for every piece of legislation which may be hidden in volumes of files containing signed copies or among thousands of copies of the Official Gazette littered in several locations! Herein lies one aspect of the indispensability of this book, the first edition of which was published in 1994. Furthermore, this book features notes on each Law – an introduction to the subject matter, amendment, repeal, status, and sometimes a brief comment on other issues. Without this book, even lawyers may not be aware of some of the existing Laws. Without any doubt, this book facilitates access to Rivers State legislation. Its electronic version shall be updated regularly.
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