The president Nigeria Bar Association (NBA)Barrister Yakubu Maikyau, has said that administration of justice is only prerequisite that would guarantee harmonious relationship between citizen and existence of a nation itself
Making this known on Monday,at a 2024 NBA SLP annual conference on a topic tagged “Administration of justice in Nigeria: Challenges Reforms “Barrister Maikyau disclosed that this conference ,is happen first time in the North and been held in Kano.
According to him,”You can see by the theme of the conference,is about the administration of justice ,the challenges and the reforms
He added that by the previous speeches and the key note address delivered ‘You we all agree with me that emphasis are placed on the need for us to administered justice to whatever we were doing ”
This became imperative, because, justice,is what would guarantee our harmonious co- existence ,as a people and even the existence of the country itself
He therefore hinted that administration of justice ,is a subject you can not over discourse,is a subject we should talk about everyday,to also be a part of us
NBA president also stated that the administration of justice must also be a subject to reside in our consciousness and comes upon in everything we do at all levels of our existence as people from family and up to highest level in this country
He said that ” When we agree to do justice in everything that we are doing ,it would aggregate into the development of peace in our nation
Speaking on the occasion,the Kano state secretary to the state government, Alhaji Baffar Bichi ,who spoke on behalf of governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, said that ‘ justice system is a cornerstone of any function of any society’
Gov Yusuf added that administration of equal Justice without fear or favour ,is the platform upon which the right of citizen of a country were been protected ,hence the need to ensure that this is uphold
As we all know that the Nigeria’s administration is facing many significant challenges adding that these are various challenges and these is hindering trust on confidence on judiciary
However, in his key note address, President, National Industrial Court of Nigeria
Justice Benedict Bakwaph, said that unless the Nigerian judiciary transmogrifies as the dictates of globalisation, information technology, development, etc impact on national laws, we may find ourselves left out of the scheme of things’
The administration of justice by definition is the process by which the legal system of a country is executed, the goal being that justice is dispensed to all
He hinted that” Judicial bashing appears to be a pastime today. On 1 February 2023, the then Governor of Kaduna State, Mr Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai, would, for instance, say on Channels television that the Nigerian judiciary is pathetic, too slow and often on the side of crooks rather than on the side of government or the innocent
We have also heard of politicians saying that what they got from the courts is not justice, but judgment. Or that they will not obey a court order until the Supreme Court speaks, a euphemism for undermining lower courts and the appellate process.
The focus of the conference is to critically examine some of the many challenges and issues which, in recent times, have continued to be a clog in it’s wheel of progress
We have also heard of politicians saying that what they got from the courts is not justice, but judgment. Or that they will not obey a court order until the Supreme Court speaks, a euphemism for undermining lower courts and the appellate process.
The administration of justice by definition is the process by which the legal system of a country is executed, the goal being that justice is dispensed to all
He therefore stated that we
must stress the point that judicial bashing as well as other factors such as petitions against judges have combined to make adjudication defensive in the country.
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