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Buhari Laments Delay In Justice Delivery by alberson(f): 12:38pm On Nov 24, 2015 |
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari yesterday
attacked the judiciary, saying its reputation and
integrity have been negatively affected due to
delays in the administration of justice.
The President made his assessment of the third
arm of government in his keynote address at the
opening of the ongoing All Nigeria Judges’
conference, organised the National Judicial
Institute (NJI) Abuja.
Buhari noted that as an institution dedicated to the
pro- motion and protection of human rights that the
judiciary must go the extra mile to sanitize itself
and improve its capacity to act independently,
courageously and timeously.
“Further on point of negative perception, there is
both local and international dissatisfaction with
the long de- lays in the trial process. Delays in the
trial process have damaged the international
reputation of the Nigerian judiciary, even among its
international peers”, Buhari observed.
“Unfortunately, our justice system currently has a
reputation for delays, usually occasioned by a
combination of endless adjournments, incessant
interlocutory applications and overwhelming
caseloads”.
This situation is a huge disincentive for
businesses. It is not surprising therefore that
Nigeria ranks near the bot- tom on the ease of
doing business index. We are currently ranked 143
out of 189 countries by the World Bank Group’s
Enforcing Contracts Indicator”, Buhari said.
The World Bank says, “it takes about 510 days on
average to enforce a contract at the level of a
court of first instance in Nigeria. In Singapore, the
top ranked country on the index, it takes 150 days
on average to enforce a similar contract.
“The ability to enforce contractual obligations and
re- solve disputes is an essential consideration for
intending investors, both local and foreign, in
deciding where to put their money,” Buhari said.
Earlier, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice
Mahmud Mohammed, expressed dismay that the
judiciary is underfunded.
“It is a source of great concern that in a country
where an arm of government is appropriated with
less than one per cent of the national budget, it is
difficult to refer to our judiciary as being truly
independent.
“The Constitution prescribes the institutional
independence of the judiciary under Section 6 of
its provisions. Sections 121 (3) and 162 (9) further
guarantee fiscal independence for the judiciary, a
fact now acknowledged by the other arms of
Government with recent resolutions by the Federal
and some state governments to pay the judiciary
its outstanding and future budgetary allocations as
and when due.
“However, under the circumstances, the state
judiciaries continue to encounter a further burden
of facing difficulties in accessing these paltry
funds from their executives in order to function.
Represented by the Vice President, Prof Yemi
Osinbajo (SAN), the President recalled that the
issue of delayed trials is so high in cases involving
the affluent.
“In the past few years, this has become especially
so for high profile cases of corruption, especially
where they involve serving or former political
office holders. As my Lords are undoubtedly
aware, corruption transfers from public coffers to
private pockets, resources required to deliver
social and economic justice.”
President Buhari therefore, called for the
streamlining of the jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court, arguing that it should restrict itself to
constitutional issues.
“Our Supreme Court remains one of the busiest in
the Commonwealth if not the world. This is
obviously due to the leeway given to almost every
case filed at any level of the court system from
any part of the country to rise on appeal to the
Supreme Court.
“In my view, we need to streamline the jurisdiction
of the Supreme Court to focus on key
constitutional issues, novel questions of law and
current areas of its original jurisdiction.
“The grounds for granting leave to appeal to the
Supreme Court should also be reviewed while we
discourage the practice of appealing interlocutory
matters to the Supreme Court while the
substantive case stands suspended in the lower
courts.
In her address, Administrator of the National
Judicial Institute (NJI), retired Justice Rosaline
Bozimo, said the the biennial conference has
always been a stock-taking event when Nigerian
judges converge to reflect on their activities over
time, thereby providing an insight into what has
been achieved. It also provides a platform to
strategise on how to meet the important and
critical challenges in the dispensation of justice to
all. source: http://sunnewsonline.com/new/buhari-laments-delay-in-justice-delivery/
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