Plateau Stakeholders for Democracy and Good Governance has joined Governor Jonah David Jang and others to commend the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Edward Pwajok, and his team of lawyers for working for the past six years to give the state new laws.
The group’s chairman, Timothy Nanle, and secretary, Obed Peters, in Jos, disclosed that they were happy that old laws of the 1960s of the state and Northern Nigeria can no longer be operational in the state as they had been changed with new laws that will soon become operational in the state courts.

They particularly appreciated the new laws on rape of minors and the punishment meted out for brewers of Goskolo and people caught consuming the dreaded liquor, adding that with the new laws, Plateau will soon become a better society that criminals would find difficult to operate.
It would be recalled that last week, at the state executive council meeting, the new laws for criminal justice system were adopted by the council for the state.

Plateau Stakeholders for Democracy and Good Governance has joined Governor Jonah David Jang and others to commend the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Edward Pwajok, and his team of lawyers for working for the past six years to give the state new laws.
The group’s chairman, Timothy Nanle, and secretary, Obed Peters, in Jos, disclosed that they were happy that old laws of the 1960s of the state and Northern Nigeria can no longer be operational in the state as they had been changed with new laws that will soon become operational in the state courts.

They particularly appreciated the new laws on rape of minors and the punishment meted out for brewers of Goskolo and people caught consuming the dreaded liquor, adding that with the new laws, Plateau will soon become a better society that criminals would find difficult to operate.
It would be recalled that last week, at the state executive council meeting, the new laws for criminal justice system were adopted by the council for the state.

After the meeting, the state Commissioner for Information, Olivia Dayzem, said that Jang, was appreciative of the efforts of the state Commissioner of Justice, Edward Pwajok, and all that contributed to the success of this assignment.
Pwajok, on his part, described the state new laws as product of extensive research work which began six years ago.According to the attorney-general and commissioner for Justice, Edward Pwajok, for now the minimum fine for any convicted person in any court in the state would be N10, 000, saying there is no maximum, adding that if you are convicted of N20 billion, the court has the latitude at its discretion to fine you N1 billion and above; there is no maximum.

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Group hail Pwajok’s decision to change laws on Gokolo production and child rape