Lawyers in FCT call for strict adherence to rule of law

 Some lawyers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have called for strict adherence to the rule of law in order to attract foreign investors to the country. The lawyers made the call in separate interviews withnewsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. Chief Dominic Ezerioha, said that the benefits of the rule of law were innumerable, including attraction of foreign investments.

“The rule of law is static. It has been in existence just as the common law before the law of equity came in to suppress the sufferings of the common law,’’ he said. Ezerioha urged the present administration to implement `the statistical and concepts’ of the rule of law. “One of the benefits of such full implementation is in the area of infrastructure. It will enable investors to come in and invest in the country.

 “When the rule of law is supreme, where its features are not static, it affects the people coming in to invest. “This is so because it is the law that also governs and guides the principles of their businesses here in the country,’’ he said. Ezerioha also said that investors made countries grow and that foreign investments would never be beneficial to the developing nations without their laws being in full effect.

Mr Clement Chukwuemeka said that there was no strict observance of the rule of law in the country. Chukwuemeka said that in other democracies, the rule of the law was the fulcrum upon which all other activities were hinged. He, however, expressed optimism that the country would eventually reach its peak in adherence to the rule of law since democracy had been entrenched in Nigeria.

The legal practitioner said the country would be a haven for investors when the citizenry respected the law. He said that foreign investors were waiting to observe adherence to the rule of law by the citizenry before they would invest in the country. “Anytime Nigerians begin to respect the law, we will begin to have influx of investors into this nation,’’ he said. “It is the absence of the full operation of the rule of law that has driven away investors and plunged us into recession.

“The rule of law is the genesis of development. If we start obeying the law the economic difficulties we are currently facing will disappear without policies,’’ he said. Mr Moukhtar Nasale said: “with its full observance of the rule of law, investors will not be afraid to come in to invest. Another lawyer, Mr Hirse Mwanasat said, “when the law reigns supreme everything will go into perspective,” he said.

 He added that the rule of law would enable businesses to thrive and people to pursue their dreams without fear. In the same vein, Isaac Folorunso, urged the Federal Government to adhere strictly to the rule of law so as to ensure economic and political stability.

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Lawyers in FCT call for strict adherence to rule of law On September 27, 20172:18 pmIn NewsComments Some lawyers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have called for strict adherence to the rule of law in order to attract foreign investors to the country. The lawyers made the call in separate interviews withnewsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. Chief Dominic Ezerioha, said that the benefits of the rule of law were innumerable, including attraction of foreign investments. “The rule of law is static. It has been in existence just as the common law before the law of equity came in to suppress the sufferings of the common law,’’ he said. Ezerioha urged the present administration to implement `the statistical and concepts’ of the rule of law. “One of the benefits of such full implementation is in the area of infrastructure. It will enable investors to come in and invest in the country. “When the rule of law is supreme, where its features are not static, it affects the people coming in to invest. “This is so because it is the law that also governs and guides the principles of their businesses here in the country,’’ he said. Ezerioha also said that investors made countries grow and that foreign investments would never be beneficial to the developing nations without their laws being in full effect. Mr Clement Chukwuemeka said that there was no strict observance of the rule of law in the country. Chukwuemeka said that in other democracies, the rule of the law was the fulcrum upon which all other activities were hinged. He, however, expressed optimism that the country would eventually reach its peak in adherence to the rule of law since democracy had been entrenched in Nigeria. The legal practitioner said the country would be a haven for investors when the citizenry respected the law. He said that foreign investors were waiting to observe adherence to the rule of law by the citizenry before they would invest in the country. “Anytime Nigerians begin to respect the law, we will begin to have influx of investors into this nation,’’ he said. “It is the absence of the full operation of the rule of law that has driven away investors and plunged us into recession. “The rule of law is the genesis of development. If we start obeying the law the economic difficulties we are currently facing will disappear without policies,’’ he said. Mr Moukhtar Nasale said: “with its full observance of the rule of law, investors will not be afraid to come in to invest. Another lawyer, Mr Hirse Mwanasat said, “when the law reigns supreme everything will go into perspective,” he said. He added that the rule of law would enable businesses to thrive and people to pursue their dreams without fear. In the same vein, Isaac Folorunso, urged the Federal Government to adhere strictly to the rule of law so as to ensure economic and political stability. NAN

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