FOI Counsel Urges Edo Govt To Stop Sales Of E-copy Of State Laws

A public interest lawyer, Aigbokhan President has called on Edo State Government to stop forthwith, the sales of soft copy of the State laws on the website of the State Ministry of Justice, particularly where there is no hard cover copy of the law in public libraries and places.

Aigbokhan who made the call in Benin said the practice tends to envelop these laws and thereby encumber free access to same and by extension justice, adding that government’s duty extends beyond mere legislation.