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- ItemEXAMINATION OF THE LOOPHOLES IN THE RECENT CURRENCY REDESIGN AND CASHLESS ECONOMY POLICY IN NIGERIA(LexrSciptio: A journal of the Department of Jurisprudence and Public Law, KWASU, 2024-12-20) Olariyike Damola AkintoyeThe Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced on 26 October 2022, the redesign of three out of the eight Naira notes in circulation. The move is geared towards entrenching the cashless economy policy. According to the CBN, over 85% of the currency in circulation is kept outside the vaults of commercial banks, which has encouraged kidnapping and the demand for ransom by kidnapers in Nigeria. This Paper attempts to look at the loopholes in the cashless economy and currency redesign policy. The method adopted in carrying out this research work is doctrinal research method. The study revealed that one of the major problems of the cashless policy was wrong timing, that is, the policy was introduced very close to the 2022 general elections. Another problem identified was the three months’ time frame given to Nigerians to swap old notes for new ones which was too short. Similarly, the CBN acted in contravention of The Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act passed into Law on May 17 2022, to set standard and promote the effective implementation of legal, regulatory and operational measures for combating money laundering, The Paper recommends that, for the cashless policy to be successful, the e-payment system needs to be upgraded in Nigeria, and the time to swap old currency notes for new notes should not be too short as to bring untold hardship on the people.
- ItemMultiplicity of Codes of Corporate Governance in Nigeria: A Curse or a Blessing(Department of Commercial Law, Faculty of Law, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, 2017-12-10) Adelowo Stephen Asonibare
- ItemMAKING THE BRIEFS BRIEF: A CUE FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL RULES AND PRACTICE DIRECTION(Faculty of Law, Bowen University, 2017-10-10) Adelowo Stephen Asonibare; Olukayode O. OdetokunLegal writing is an art, like advocacy, it requires skills. Hence, brief writing also requires skills(s). Apart from being able to present a logical argument in a written address or a brief of argument (as the case may be) before a court, some of the rules of procedure, commonly referred to as the Rules of Court, that have evolved overtime at the appellate courts in Nigeria, have also intervened by stipulating what is expected of a brief of argument to be filed by the parties to an action. The prominent example is the Court of Appeal Rules, which is the main focus of this paper. This paper therefore, attempts to bring out the impact of the rules of the court, particularly the Court of Appeal Rules, on briefs of argument, and proffers the need for its emulation by other courts in Nigeria.
- ItemE- Path To Effective Justice Delivery: The Nigerian Courts In Perspective(Covenant University Press, 2016-04-30) Adelowo Stephen Asonibare; Halimat Tope AkajeThe need to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the judicial system in Nigeria has necessitated the use of modern information and communication technology (ICT). The conventional method of justice delivery in Nigeria is marred with avoidable delays in the dispensation of justice and lack of transparency. However, the constraints of conventional methods of judicial system in Nigeria can only be solved by embracing the electronic justice system. Hence, ICT should be employed in conducting most of the activities in Nigerian Courts, considering its successful adoption and use in some other jurisdictions. This article therefore, aims at examining in extensio a way out from the conventional methods of justice delivery in the area of e-filing of court processes e.g. originating processes, Motions, addresses, briefs and other processes; e-recording of court proceedings; e-archives (to facilitate retrieval of judgments, rulings, etc); and e-probate etc. In doing so, the paper will focus on towing the path of electronic ways in enhancing effective justice delivery in the Nigerian Courts as an antidote to the delays being experienced in the service delivery associated with the conventional method. To achieve this, reliance has been placed on secondary source, emanating from books, case laws, articles in learned journals, conference papers and other relevant materials. This paper will enlighten Lawyers, Judges, Litigants and other stakeholders in the justice sector on the need to embrace E-justice delivery with the resultant effect of enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of
- ItemRights of a Child to Maintenance Under the Nigerian Legal System(Kampala International University, 2018-06-04) Adelowo Stephen Asonibare; Oluwabusayo Temitope WuraolaThis work examined the right of a child to maintenance under the Nigerian legal system. The significant concern in the rise of matrimonial disputes is made manifest by the enormous and rigorous procedures in dissolving a marriage without adequate concern for the emotional health of the children of the marriage. Most times divorce matters are left lingering in court, appeals upon appeals on interlocutory matters without any concern for the main substance of the subject of dispute. The doctrinal approach is therefore employed by wide consultation of books, articles in journals, articles from the internet by renowned scholars in the area of child’s right to examine the nature of the rights of a child and the extent to which a child can enforce his right to maintenance; particularly in matrimonial causes. It is observed that the position of Matrimonial Causes Act and the Child Rights Act 2003 seems hazy to the effect that a child cannot enforce his right of maintenance before the determination of the matrimonial proceedings, but the child can however lay claim to this right and enforce same under the ambience of the Child Rights Act. It is concluded that the right of a child to maintenance is inalienable, thus can be enforced even before the determination of the proceedings. It is also recommended that awareness, legislative amendments and full institutionalization of the Family Court amongst other things would properly advance the cause of enforcing the rights of a child particularly his right to maintenance even during matrimonial proceedings.