A Socio-Legal Evaluation of Akwa Ibom State Map Establishment Law 2023

Abstract

This paper evaluates the Akwa Ibom State Map Establishment Law 2023  using social-legal approach. It argues that the map law, which was  enacted by the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly in April 2023,  appears to be inconsistent and out of step with the constitutional  provisions on boundary adjustment. Therefore, in view of Nigeria’s extant  constitutional order, in which legislative power is required to be exercised 

in a vertical chain of command and in a manner that should not impair  but promote the integrity of the legal/constitutional order, the paper  argues that the map law appears to be unconstitutional.