SAN FRANCISCO, September 05, (THEWILL) – The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed, has expressed sadness at the level of insufficient financial allocation to the judiciary declaring that the current budgetary challenges being experienced in the country affects the judiciary more than the other arms of government.
Mahmud made this known on Monday, in Abuja while addressing participants at the 2016 refresher course for Chief Registrars, Deputy Chief Registrars, Directors and Secretaries of Judicial Service Commissions/Committee organised by the National Judicial Institute (NJI).
He urged the court administrators to evolve ways of ensuring efficient operation of the courts despite the budgetary challenges but declared that they must shun unethical practices, including corrupt acts and abuse of office, capable of impacting negatively the public image of the judiciary.
“The current budgetary challenges permeating the nation, no doubt affects the judiciary more than any other arms of government and remains a perennial challenge to judicial independence and the effective performance of our constitutional roles,” he said.
“Nonetheless, despite the difficulties, you must ensure that your policies are holistic, calculated to improve the credibility and effectiveness of your respective jurisdictions specifically and the entire system of justice administration as a whole.”
The CJN advised participants of the training, with the theme: “Ensuring efficiency and transparency in judicial administration,” to always be guided by their codes of service and work to ensure the effectiveness of the justice administration system.
Story by David Oputah.
