The Lagos State Judiciary has called for applications from members of the legal profession who are interested in being appointed as high court judges.
The Lagos State Judicial Service Commission made this known in a ‘Call for Expression of Interest in RE: Appointment to the High Court Bench of Lagos State’ dated September 7, 2020.
It called on “suitable persons interested in being appointed as judges of the High Court of Lagos State to express such interest in writing within 14 days.” The Executive Director, Access to Justice, an NGO working as watchdog in the judiciary, Joseph Otteh, said the open and public call for application was a welcome development.Otteh noted that though such a call was a requirement in the National Judicial Council Guidelines for Appointment of Judicial Officers, it was often neglected.
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