The presiding judge of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, Hon.
Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba and the pioneer Chairman of the
Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC), Prof. Egerton Uvieghara, are
among the dignitaries expected to grace the 2017 annual lecture of
the National Association of Judiciary Correspondents (NAJUC), Lagos
chapter.
The event which has as its main theme: ‘Administration of
Criminal Justice Act 2015: Innovations, Challenges and the Way
Forward,’ is also expected to have in attendance the Lagos State
Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem
and the special guest of honour.
Justice Garba, who will deliver the main lecture on July 6,
2017, is expected to do a review of the Administration of Criminal
Justice Act (ACJA) 2015: Two years after it was signed into
law.
A statement jointly issued yesterday by Chairman and Secretary
of NAJUC, Peter Fowoyo and Olugbenga Soyele respectively, disclosed
that ACJA is a revolutionary intervention in the country’s justice
sector delivery system that was ostensibly formulated to impact on
the quality of justice and avoid delays in the adjudicatory
process.
Nigeria as a democratic country, has a duty to ensure that
people, both rich and poor can easily use the institutions and
processes of law to resolve their disputes.
The enjoyment of legal rights ought not to be the privilege of
the rich. Access to justice requires that people should be able to
use the law or the courts with or without the intervention of
lawyers for less complicated matters.
Since no piece of legislation is perfect and without some lacuna
not envisaged by the draftsmen, the lecture is expected to review
some of the serious challenges in the administration of criminal
justice which this new legal regime seeks to check.
The second lecture titled: “Journalism in the 21st Century:
Opportunities and Challenges,” will be delivered by the Managing
Editor, Online and Special Publications of The Nation Newspapers,
Mr. Lekan Otunfodunrin.
The presiding judge of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, Hon.
Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba and the pioneer Chairman of the
Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC), Prof. Egerton Uvieghara, are
among the dignitaries expected to grace the 2017 annual lecture of
the National Association of Judiciary Correspondents (NAJUC), Lagos
chapter.
The event which has as its main theme: ‘Administration of
Criminal Justice Act 2015: Innovations, Challenges and the Way
Forward,’ is also expected to have in attendance the Lagos State
Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem
and the special guest of honour.
Justice Garba, who will deliver the main lecture on July 6,
2017, is expected to do a review of the Administration of Criminal
Justice Act (ACJA) 2015: Two years after it was signed into
law.
A statement jointly issued yesterday by Chairman and Secretary
of NAJUC, Peter Fowoyo and Olugbenga Soyele respectively, disclosed
that ACJA is a revolutionary intervention in the country’s justice
sector delivery system that was ostensibly formulated to impact on
the quality of justice and avoid delays in the adjudicatory
process.
Nigeria as a democratic country, has a duty to ensure that
people, both rich and poor can easily use the institutions and
processes of law to resolve their disputes.
The enjoyment of legal rights ought not to be the privilege of
the rich. Access to justice requires that people should be able to
use the law or the courts with or without the intervention of
lawyers for less complicated matters.
Since no piece of legislation is perfect and without some lacuna
not envisaged by the draftsmen, the lecture is expected to review
some of the serious challenges in the administration of criminal
justice which this new legal regime seeks to check.
The second lecture titled: “Journalism in the 21st Century:
Opportunities and Challenges,” will be delivered by the Managing
Editor, Online and Special Publications of The Nation Newspapers,
Mr. Lekan Otunfodunrin.
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