Borno State House of Assembly Proceedings

Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, Borno State Chapter, embarked on an indefinite strike.

Borno State 10th House of Assembly was successfully inaugurated with Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan and Hon. Abdullahi Musa Askira re-elected as Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Borno State 10th Assembly.

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Borno State House of Assembly has confirmed the appointment of the following nominees as Local Government Transitional Committee.
1. Abadam - Alh. Mustapha Kawu
2. Askira - Mohammed Ahidjo
3. Bama - Alh. Grema Terab
4. Bayo - Haruna Aliyu China
5. Biu - Mallam Sule Ali
6. Chibok - Hon. Umar Ibrahim
7. Damboa - Hon. Habu Daja Damboa
8. Dikwa - Alh. Abba Kashi
9. Gubio - Mali Bulama Mali Gubio
10. Guzamala - Kaka Malum Gana
11. Gwoza - Alh. Abdullahi Dan Jatau
12. Hawul - Hon. Inuwa Balance
13. Jere - Dungus Mohammed
14. Kaga - Mustapha Daima
15. Kala Balge - Hon. Zanna January
16. Konduga - Wakil kyari
17. Kukawa Usman Alh. Bukar Kekeno
18. Kwaya Kusar - Salihu Adamu Yanga
19. Mafa - Hon. Goni Gonibe
20. Magumeri - Dr. Ali Yaumi
21. Marte - Bukar Wigan
22. MMC. - Hon. Ali Bolori
23. Mobbar- Ali Audu Damasak
24. Monguno - Alhaji Kyari Ibrahim
25. Ngala - Hon. Abdulrahman Abdulkarim
26. Nganzai - Bukar Modu Badu
27. Shani - Prof. Jibrin Dibal

The Borno State House of Assembly has reached an advanced stage to amend two Bills to check Boko Haram insurgency and other forms of security challenges in the area, Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Abdullahi Musa Askira, said on Thursday.

The two bills to be upgraded are ‘Administration of criminal justice and other matters connected Therewith Bill’ and ‘Borno State penal code re-enactment Bill and other matters connected Therewith Bill, 2022.’


Borno is one of the remaining five states trying to domesticated the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, as 31 states have so far domesticated it.

The Deputy Speaker said with the two Bills, emerging criminal activities such as cattle rustling amongst other criminalities which were not initially captured in the state penal code would be a thing of the past.

The Deputy Speaker stated these in Abuja, during a two-day retreat organised for the state legislators with the support of the European Union and British Council.

He said the penal code law which was last reviewed in 1994 would amend the criminal procedure code as it would introduce innovative provisions that could enhance the efficiency of the justice delivery system.

Askira said, “Both bills seek to promote efficient management of criminal justice institutions, speedy dispensation of justice, protection of the society from crime among other sundry issues that were hitherto not captured in our penal code laws.


“These two Bills are timely and will not come at a better time when our state and country at large are bedevilled with all kinds of emerging criminal activities such as cattle rustling which were not hitherto captured in our penal code law that was last reviewed in 1994.

“The ‘Administration of criminal justice and other matters connected Therewith Bill, 2022’ on the other hand, is an upgrade to our criminal procedure code in that it introduces innovative provisions that could enhance the efficiency of the justice system.”

The chairman, Borno State Justice Sector Reform Team, Justice Haruna Yusuf Mshelia, said the upgraded Bills would birth the reform needed to reposition the state to face post-insurgency challenges.

He said, “Borno State is one of the states, if not the only state in Nigeria that is not having congestion in all its correctional facilities. The number of convicted prisoners in our correctional facilities far outweighs the number of awaiting trial inmates which account for the congestions in other States.

“Notwithstanding the above, reform is needed to reposition the state to face post insurgency challenges and cope with dynamism of modern society with its emerging new trends of crime and conflicts.”

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