Courts with Civil Jurisdiction

Scenario

Recently, due to a drop in economic activities caused by the Covid 19 Pandemic, the Lagos State House of Assembly, in order to maintain the lockdown directive of the President and generate income for the State, passed a law called the “Aircraft Prohibition Law, 2020”, requiring all flights to Lagos State to pay ₦1,000,000 (One Million Naira) as fine for breach of the lockdown order. The National Assembly is aggrieved, feeling that the law is a clear usurpation of its power because aviation is under the Exclusive Legislative List of the 1999 Constitution as amended. The National Assembly has thus decided to sue the Lagos state House of Assembly.