The Lateef Jakande Leadership Academy, LJLA, has revealed that over 70 per cent of residents in Lagos State have experienced a legal problem in the past years with no access to laws and legal information.
This came as 15 member Team ACE of LJLA, founded by Lagos State Government under the leadership of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, unveiled its project, EKO LAWS App on WWW. EKOLAWS.COM.
The newly launched App under the Capstone Project, one of the fundamental components of the academy, aimed at addressing societal challenges.
According to the Project Team Lead, Usman Adeniji, at media briefing in Alausa, Ikeja on Wednesday, it was observed that over the years, access to laws and legal information have been a significant challenge to residents, noting that approximately 70 per cent of residents have experienced a legal problem in the past year.
Adeniji added that many residents lack access to clear and understandable legal information, with only about 30 per cent having access to legal information which has ‘increased legal problems, over-reliance on informal sources, and a growing workload for the judiciary, with over 30,000 cases filed in 2022 alone.’
He noted that the App was created to address “these challenges by creating a centralised and user-friendly legal resource that provides easy access to laws and legal information.”
Adeniji said the App has information on such child rights law, tenancy law among others, adding that its simple, user friendly, easy to search and navigate.
“It gives access to legal information on what the law is actually saying. The laws have been broken down for people to understand. Our priority is to promote law and justice in the state,” he said.
Adeniji therefore, urged residents to make use of the App to be abreast of all the laws in Lagos State.
