The justice commissioner said the digital system would enable a lawyer to prepare his processes remotely and file the documents on a central judiciary website.
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The Abia State Government on Tuesday said it has begun the digitalisation of its justice delivery system to enhance the efficiency, transparency, and accessibility of legal services in the state. “The documents would be properly indexed and stored to ensure that whatever the document is, within a split second, you can find it in the central storage system.“The second phase of the project is putting together an e-filing system, what is better called a court information management system,” he said.Support journalism driven by facts, created by Nigerians for Nigerians. Our thorough, researched reporting relies on the support of readers like you.
“Judges keep writing with long hand and it affects their health and it slows down the administration of justice. Mr Uwanna said the government believed this would make for an effective and efficient justice delivery system in the state.
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