The Senate approved Tuesday the establishment of six new campuses of the Nigerian Law School in the six geopolitical zones of the country.
The newly approved law schools join the existing seven, bringing the total number of law schools in the country to 13, excluding the one in the Federal Capital Territory.
The approval of the new law campuses followed the consideration and adoption of a report by the Senate Judiciary, Human Rights, and Legal Affairs Committee on the Legal Education (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
The bill was sponsored by Smart Adeyemi (APC-Kogi).
Accordingly, the Senate approved the Jos Law School Campus, Plateau and the Kabba Law School Campus, Kogi, for the north-central geopolitical zone.
The chamber also gave the go-ahead for the Yola Law School Campus, Adamawa and the Maiduguri Law School Campus, Borno, to serve the northeast area.
In the Northwest, the Senate approved the Kano Law School Campus, Kano State and the Argungun Law School Campus, Kebbi.
In the southeast, the chamber approved the Enugu Law School Campus and Okija Law School Campus, Anambra.
The Senate also approved the Yenegoa Law School Campus, Bayelsa; Port Harcourt Law School Campus, Rivers and Orogun Law School Campus, Delta for the south-south area.
In the southwest, the chamber approved the Lagos Law School Campus, Lagos; and Ilawe Law School Campus, Ekiti.
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The Bwari Law School campus, Abuja, remains exclusively for the Federal Capital Territory.
The president of the Committee, Opeyemi Bamidele, said that the creation of the new six law schools was a legislative intervention to address “the exponential increase in the number of law graduates from our universities and from abroad, added to the lag that existed throughout over the years. ”
According to the legislator, the existing campuses are overloaded and the infrastructure is not enough to accommodate thousands of law students graduating from universities.
(YAYA)