A civil society organisation, Citizens’ Gavel, has called for the establishment of specialised courts for corporate, family, land, contracts, and labour-related disputes.
The organisation said the move will ensure efficiency and quicker dispensation of justice.
Citizens’ Gavel legal associate, Sylvester Agih, in a statement on Friday, commended the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, for her recent remarks at the 3rd Annual National Judicial Council (NJC) Conference on Judges’ Performance Evaluation in Abuja.
Agih noted that the CJN’s candid acknowledgment of the alarming reduction in the number of cases disposed of by some judicial officers and her call for the swift and effective execution of judicial roles resonate deeply with our mission to uphold justice and protect the rights of all Nigerians.
The CJN had at the event said that “delayed justice is denied…
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