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LAGOS                                                                                   24/08/11 Governor of Lagos State , BABATUNDE FASHOLA has signed into the tenancy bill into law. The law seeks to regulate the relationship between the landlord and the tenant as well as the recovery of premises. It also banned the landlords from collecting rent in excess of six months for existing tenants and one year for new tenants. Governor FASHOLA at the brief ceremony at Alausa said the law was meant to address the housing problem in the state. The state Attorney-general and Commissioner for Justice ADE IPAYE also explained some aspects of the law.   Correspondent SULAYMON ABDULKAREEM reports that Governor FASHOLA also signed into law the state Parks and Gardens Agency bill. 

Governor BABATUNDE FASHOLA has signed into law three new bills, including the new criminal law for the state. The other two laws are the state criminal justice administration in the High courts and magistrate courts and the state Emergency Management Agency Amendment bills. The new criminal law repeals the criminal code which has being in existence since nineteen fourteen. Governor FASHOLA at the signing of the laws in Alausa said the former criminal code has lost torch with the current realities of modern society. He said the law would protect the weak in the state. The state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, ADE IPAYE said the new law would also address the problem of prison congestion as well as the introduction of new offences.

Major HAMZA AL-MUSTAPHA Wednesday continued his evidence in chief before Justice MOJISOLA DADA of a Lagos High Court with a claim that late Attorney-General of the Federation, Chief BOLA IGE was among those used against M.K.O ABIOLA. He also told the judge that late NADECO leader Chief ABRAHAM ADESANYA coordinated the activities of South-West leaders used to nueralise the agitation for the actualization of the June twelve mandate. The Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, General SANI ABACHA, also claimed that the South-West leaders changed position after receiving huge sums of money from the government. AL-MUSTAPHA said he was arrested and detained by former Head of State, General ABDULSALAM ABUABAKAR because of the information at his disposal. Despite objection from the prosecution the judge admitted two materials, including a document by General ABUBAKAR authorizing the disbursement of funds for a matter of urgent national importance and a video of South-West leaders

The Lagos State Government is soliciting the support of motorists in the state to ensure the success of the newly-introduced vehicle documents electronics verification device. The Commissioner for transport, KAYODE OPEIFA who made he plea at the commissioning of the Auto-Inspector in Alausa said the device would boost the government’s efforts in transforming the transport sector. OPEIFA said the device would be used by traffic control and law enforcement officers to determine vehicle ownership status. The State Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Commission, JONAS AGWU and the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic Division, MARGARET EKPE said the new device would reduce the delay in vehicle documents verification exercise.