{"id":1619,"date":"2018-02-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/senate-passes-the-emergency-powers-repeal-and-re-enactment-bill-2018\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T12:28:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T11:28:14","slug":"senate-passes-the-emergency-powers-repeal-and-re-enactment-bill-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/senate-passes-the-emergency-powers-repeal-and-re-enactment-bill-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Passes The Emergency Powers (Repeal And Re-Enactment) Bill, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Senate at its plenary session of Thursday, 1 February, 2018, passed the Emergency Powers (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2018 (SB 182) <\/strong>which seeks to repeal the Emergency Powers Act 1961 <\/strong>and enact the Emergency Powers Act, 2018 <\/strong>to provide for the declaration of a State of Emergency.<\/p>\n

Presenting the report of the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters on the Bill, Chairman, Sen. David Umaru (APC: Niger) informed the Senate that the objective of the Bill was to provide for an elaborate procedure for the declaration of a state of Emergency in Nigeria; general administration of an emergency area with respect to search, arrest without warrant, detention of persons and imposition of curfew; effective control of arms and explosives in emergency areas; and payment of compensation and other reliefs to persons affected by orders made by the President in areas of emergency.<\/p>\n

Sen. Umaru mentioned that the Committee had received memoranda and conducted a public hearing on the bill in order to avail stakeholders and the general public the opportunity to make input through oral presentations. He listed the key stakeholders to include:<\/p>\n

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  1. The Federal Ministry of Justice<\/li>\n
  2. The Nigerian law Commission<\/li>\n
  3. The Nigerian Army<\/li>\n
  4. The Nigerian Navy<\/li>\n
  5. The Nigerian Air Force<\/li>\n
  6. Department of State Services<\/li>\n
  7. National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)<\/li>\n
  8. The Nigerian Securities and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)<\/li>\n
  9. Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution<\/li>\n
  10. Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC); among others.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Following submissions from stakeholders at the public hearing, the Committee observed that:<\/p>\n

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    1. The Emergency Powers Ac,t 1961 had become obsolete and could no longer address emerging security situations in the country;<\/li>\n
    2. The passage of the new Bill would address the security challenges that had arisen in the country as a result of security threats and agitation in some parts of the country;<\/li>\n
    3. The enactment of the Act, is necessary for the preservation of public peace and safety of citizens in affected areas; and<\/li>\n
    4. That various stakeholders had unanimously supported the passage of the Bill.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      In his concluding remarks, he stated that the Bill would further confer on the National Assembly the powers to decide whether the proclamation of a State of Emergency by the President should remain in force or not after the President has presented before the National Assembly facts and circumstances leading to the declaration.<\/p>\n

      Click here to view the full Committee report<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The Senate at its plenary session of Thursday, 1 February, 2018, passed the Emergency Powers (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2018 (SB 182) which seeks to repeal the Emergency Powers Act 1961 and enact the Emergency Powers Act, 2018 to provide for the declaration of a State of Emergency. Presenting the report of the Committee on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":[],"author_meta":{"display_name":"PLAC","author_link":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/author\/olumide-adebayo\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/senate-300x167.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["News<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 8 years ago","modified":"Updated 1 year ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on February 1, 2018","modified":"Updated on March 21, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on February 1, 2018 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on March 21, 2025 12:28 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1619"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1619"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21125,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1619\/revisions\/21125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}