The Rule of Law and Anti-corruption (RoLAC) Programme of the British Council under the funding of the European Union has concluded its six-year implementation cycle in Lagos State where it helped to reform the public criminal justice system in the state.
Speaking on Thursday during the close-out ceremony of the programme, Danladi Plang, national programme coordinator of RoLAC, said the organisation came up with different initiatives to strengthen the capacity of the state in its administration of criminal justice law. He also noted that the RoLAC programme set up statement-taking rooms in the state in order to help police officers abide by global best practices in criminal justice procedure.
He said the programme received pushback from the state government on the implementation of the freedom of information (FoI) law, adding that most government affairs are done in secrecy.
