Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has signed into law three new bills for speedy disposition of justice, sustenance for continuity in the educational sector and for the guidance of local government elections.
The three laws are; Delta State Judicial Financial Autonomy, Delta State Model Primary Schools law and other Matters and the Local Government law 2013 which repealed the 2004, Local Government law.
Throwing more light on the three new laws, the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Delta State, Charles Ajuyah (SAN), in a press briefing at the Conference Hall of the Ministry of Information, Asaba stated that the Delta Financial Autonomy law was to make the Judiciary Arm of Government to be truly autonomous in accordance with the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended.
According to the Attorney General with the law coming to main stream, the judiciary has been put on first line charge, thereby making it truly independent and will speed up dispensation of justice in the State.
The AG who allayed the fears of misgivings to the effect that there is tendency of misappropriation of fund by the judiciary, posited that whatever is allocated to the judiciary will be subject to the availability of fund, and the respective judicial officers in charge will ensure probity, accountability and prudent management of such resources.
On the Delta State Model primary Schools law, Hon Ajuyah said that the law was enacted to create a culture in the State so that when the standard is met, by the seven model schools, others will follow, adding that as time goes on, others will be added to the schedule even as he stated that no pupil will be admitted midstream.
