Author: Hardeygbolar Airwatohmy
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, has ordered judges to resume at 9 a.m. and close 4 p.m. daily in all courts. Mr. Onnoghen said this at a function on Tuesday at the presidential villa, Abuja. The event was organized by the Itse Sagay-led Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption.
Mr Onnoghen aimed at fighting corruption and ensuring speedy and transparent delivery of justice in the Nigerian judicial system.
“Backlog of cases, delayed proceedings and corruption allegations
against officers are some of the stains the institution has been battling to
remove,” he said.
In the recent past, the judiciary has been accused of
corruption along with the allegation that
when complaints of corrupt practices and unprofessional conducts are brought
before the National Judicial Council (NJC), the Council shields or delays
investigating the allegations so levied against judicial officers,” he said.
The president of the court of appeal,
Zainab Bulkachuwa, read the reform address which is embedded with different
directives to improve the judicial system.
“The reforms I have introduced cover a wide range of issues; from
establishing new modalities for appointment of judicial officers, to tightening
judicial discipline regulations and fashioning out a speedy way to clear
backlog of cases, among others,” the chief justice said.
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