The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has emphasised the need for Nigeria to urgently investigate the question on...
PRESIDENT BUHARI OVER SECURITY MEETING 5. R-L; Vice President Yemi Osinbajo SAN during the Security meeting held at the Council Chambers State House Abuja. PHOTO; SUNDAY AGHAEZE. MAY 14 2020.The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo , has emphasised the need for Nigeria to urgently investigate the question on the process of appointing judges in the country.
Contributing on the appointment of Judges in the country, the Vice President said the integrity of the judicial system is crucial to everything in the society hence the need for stakeholders to engage in an honest and frank discussion that examines the challenges and prospects. “So, the question of those who make those decisions, how they are appointed, who they are, is absolutely important. If people feel that justice is impossible, they will lose hope in the system and may resort to self-help.”
“It is a selfless and patriotic duty that we must, as an elite sit down to talk about and to decide. We must agree to an objective process. To rigorously examine, to test, to interview all of those who come forward to become judges. We must agree to an independent process.” In his remarks, Senate President, Sen. Ahmed Lawan emphasized the need for appointments to higher courts in the country to be based on competence and federal character as entrenched in the constitution.
Earlier in the keynote speech, Dame Anne Rafferty, Chair of the Judicial College, Royal Courts of Justice, spoke about the United Kingdom’s Judicial Appointing Committee and its procedures for appointment of judges.
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