- As Tinubu’s demands expeditious consideration
- Repeal, re-enact criminal justice act ‘to tackle act ‘to tackle trial delays’…. Tinubu to Senate
BY BONNY AMADI
The Nigerian senate is expected to repeal the country’s criminal justice and re-enact a new one within a period of four weeks.
This is in line with the president’s demand who in his letter to the red chamber on the criminal justice repeal, demanded for expedited action.
Tinubu urged the senate to give the bill expeditious consideration.
The senate president, Godswill Akpabio said, “In the light of the above, it is my hope that the Senate would consider the bill for an Act to repeal the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 and to reenact the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2026 expeditiously,” he added.
Akpabio referred the bill to the senate committee on rules and business and directed the committee to report back to the chamber within four weeks.
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu asked the senate to consider and pass a bill seeking to repeal the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), 2015, and re-enact it as the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2026, to address challenges affecting the effective administration of criminal justice in the country.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio read the president’s letter during plenary on Thursday.
According to Tinubu, the proposed legislation seeks to provide a legal framework for the administration of criminal justice in the courts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and other federal courts across the country.
He said the bill also provides for the establishment of an Administration of Criminal Justice Monitoring Council to improve compliance with the law and enhance its implementation nationwide.
The general objective of the bill is to repeal the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 and to enact the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2026 to provide for the administration of criminal justice in the courts of the Federal Capital Territory and other Federal courts in Nigeria and establish an Administration of Criminal Justice Monitoring Council for effective and efficient administration of criminal justice in Nigeria,” the letter reads.
Tinubu said the proposed legislation is intended to promote the efficient management of criminal justice institutions, ensure speedy dispensation of justice, protect society from crime and safeguard the rights and interests of suspects, defendants and victims.
He added that the bill would also ensure that courts, law enforcement agencies and other authorities involved in criminal justice administration comply with the provisions of the act.
The president said the decision to repeal and re-enact the 2015 law was informed by legal, procedural and institutional challenges that had hindered its effective implementation.
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