Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has accused a bill in the National Assembly seeking the establishment of two campuses of the Nigerian Law School in each geopolitical zone to be politically motivated.
According to Wike, the bill was designed only to gain votes ahead of the 2023 general election.
Wike’s special assistant on media, Kelvin Ebiri, said Wike made the comment yesterday during an inspection of ongoing construction work at the Dr Nabo Graham Douglas Campus of the Nigerian Law School in Port Harcourt.
“It is so unfortunate in this country that everything is being politicised. We are not perturbed because the Federal Government approved the establishment of this Law School,” said Wike.
“We got a letter from Mr President through the Honourable Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, approving the establishment of this Law School. And he stated graciously, through the Council of Legal Education, that it should be established here in Port Harcourt.
“We said we are going to provide the necessary infrastructure. I can see the level of infrastructure that is being provided, which of course I have said before is going to be world-class infrastructure that is supposed to be in a Law School.
“From what I heard, the Deputy Senate President, through some other lawmakers, are sponsoring a bill to establish two schools per zone, and then saying that one will be in Bayelsa State and another in Delta State, in the village of the Deputy Senate President. It is most unfortunate.”
