Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to disregard sentiments in establishing more campuses of the Nigerian Law School.
Wike stated this when members of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, led by its chairman, Sen. Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House in Port Harcourt.
Wike said approval for any new campus of the Nigerian Law School in the country should be based on needs assessment and not on political sentiment.
He noted that with the paucity of funds to the Nigerian Law School by the Federal Government, States with capacity to build new campuses of the institution should be encouraged to do so based on the model provided by the Council of Legal Education.
The Governor explained that due to the current insufficient carrying capacity of the Nigerian Law School, there had been clamour for proliferation of more campuses across the country, but cautioned that…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
