{"id":163500,"date":"2025-05-21T21:48:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T20:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/gov-bago-assents-to-5-bills-from-niger-assembly"},"modified":"2025-05-21T22:50:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T21:50:30","slug":"gov-bago-assents-to-5-bills-from-niger-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-bago-assents-to-5-bills-from-niger-assembly","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Bago assents to 5 bills from Niger Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Umaru Bago of Niger has assented to five key bills aimed at improving the state\u2019s justice system, education, healthcare, water resources, and transportation.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner for Justice in the state, Mr Nasiru Mua\u2019zu, disclosed this during a press conference in Minna on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Mua\u2019zu explained the bills were passed by the state House of Assembly, and explained that the laws were crucial to the state\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<p>He said the laws include a law to establish a Penal Code Law of the state to penalise crimes established under the law and other matters connected thereto.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the Penal Code Law would provide a framework for the administration of criminal justice in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe law will take effect on crimes committed after its signing to ensure that justice is served fairly and impartially.<\/p>\n<p>He said also assented to, was a law to repeal Niger State College of Education Law, 2011, and re-enact Niger state College of Education Minna (Re-establishment) as well as renaming it Dr Umaru Sanda Ahmadu College of Education, Minna.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dAlso assented to by the governor is a law to provide for the establishment of an agency for the registration and regulation of private health facilities in Niger state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dOthers are a law to establish Niger state Water User Association, 2025, to regulate water sources and ensure their safety, and a law to establish the Niger State Rail-Line Corporation and for other purposes connected therewith, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner said the governor\u2019s decision to sign these bills into law demonstrated his commitment to improving the lives of the state residents.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the laws were expected to have positive impacts on the state\u2019s development, promoting justice, education, healthcare, water resources management, and transportation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Governor Umaru Bago of Niger has assented to five key bills aimed at improving the state\u2019s justice system, education, healthcare, water resources, and transportation. The Commissioner for Justice in the state, Mr Nasiru Mua\u2019zu, disclosed this during a press conference in Minna on Wednesday. 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