Jonathan signs two bills into law

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday signed
two bills earlier passed by the National Assembly
into law.
The bills, which became Acts, effective yesterday
included the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition)
Act 2015 and the Immigration Act 2015.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and
Publicity, Reuben Abati, confirmed this to State
House correspondents in a media chat at the
Presidential Villa yesterday.
The Senate had on May 4 passed the Violence
Against Persons (Prohibition) Act 2015 into law.
The Act seeks to prohibit female circumcision or
genital mutilation, forceful ejection from home and
harmful widowhood practices. Besides, it also
prohibits abandonment of spouse, children and
other dependents without sustenance, battery and
harmful traditional practices.
Also, President Jonathan has approved the
appointment of Professor Abdulrashid Garba as
Registrar of the National Examination Council
(NECO).
A statement from the Federal Ministry of
Education, signed by the Senior Special Assistant,
Public Relations to the Minister, Malam Sule Ya’u
Sule, has revealed.
The President also approved the appointment of
Professor Monday Tommy Joshua and Professor
Isma’il Junaid as Executive Secretaries of the
National Commission for Colleges of Education
(NCCE) and Nigeria Educational Research and
Development Council (NERDC) respectively.
Others are Professor Bashir Muhammad Fagge as
Provost, Federal College of Education (Technical),
Bichi, while Dr. Abubakar Abdul Dzukogi has been
appointed Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida.
According to the statement, the appointments
take effect from May 21st, 2015.