This follows the adoption of the recommendation of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, and Legal Matters, chaired by Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, which considered the Bill.

The committee’s report was presented during plenary on Tuesday.

The Bill titled “A Bill for an Act to amend the Legal Education (Consolidation, etc) Act by establishing the campuses for the Nigerian Law School, and for other related matters” was sponsored by Senator Smart Adeyemi (Kogi West).

The Law School currently has campuses located in Lagos (Southwest); Abuja (North Central); Yola, Adamawa State (Northeast); Kano (Northwest); Enugu (Southeast), and Yenegoa, Bayelsa State (South-South).

The locations for the new campuses as contained in the passed bill are Kabba Law School Campus, Kogi State (Northcentral); Maiduguri Law School Campus, Borno State (Northeast); Argungu Law School Campus, Kebbi State (Northwest), Jos Law School Campus, Plateau State (North Central); Okija Law School Campus, Anambra State (Southeast); Orogun Law School Campus, Delta State (Southsouth) and Ifaki Law School Campus, Ekiti State (Southwest).