An eminent Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Muiz Banire, has
reacted to the development regarding the allocation of the
Judiciary from the 2020 budget. He laments that the Judiciary is
not been treated as an arm of government.
“A recent revelation in the Senate of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria has shown that the entire budget for the judiciary in
Nigeria in the year 2020 is the paltry sum of 110 billion Naira
which is less than 1% of the entire budget for the country.
It is sad that a country whose third arm of government is being
treated like an ordinary government parastatal is expecting the
kind of development attained by countries that make their judiciary
part of the government. Judicial funding must not be at the mercy
of some potentates whose early morning grunts decide the government
policy for the day.”
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria insisted that the funding of the
Judiciary is meager and cannot account for a reasonable salary for
judges to encourage them to avoid corruption.
“The current parlous state of events which has been worsened by
the covid-19 pandemic has revealed the weakness in the system
beyond the comprehension of the sanest. How on earth does a system
laying claim to civilization and respect for the judiciary expect a
whole justice system of a country as populous as ours to be funded
with such an alms-size amount? The amount above can hardly account
for reasonable salaries for judicial officers expected to shun
corruption.
In addition to this is the need to provide the necessary
infrastructure to cater for the emergency needs of the judicial
sector that has found itself prostrate in the current crisis.”
He urged well-meaning Nigerians to resist the reduction of the
platry sum allocated to the Judiciary being insufficient to bring
any development in the sector.
“It is certain that where Nigeria intends to meet its judicial
needs to be able to dispense justice to all in order to guarantee
economic development, the total allocation meant for the entire
sector in the current budget can never be sufficient. We implore
all stakeholders to wake up and the government should do the
needful.
The infrastructure needed to make the judiciary perform its
functions adequately digitally by remote hearing and filing cannot
be treated half-heartedly and expect a magical turn-around in the
system. The government must make the necessary investment in its
justice system in order to ensure economic progress that we really
need at this moment in our history.
All well meaning Nigerians must rise up to insist that no kobo
must be reduced again from the original paltry allocation of 110b.
The proposed reduction again of 11b must be resisted otherwise such
is a further invitation to anarchy in the country.”
An eminent Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Muiz Banire, has
reacted to the development regarding the allocation of the
Judiciary from the 2020 budget. He laments that the Judiciary is
not been treated as an arm of government.
“A recent revelation in the Senate of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria has shown that the entire budget for the judiciary in
Nigeria in the year 2020 is the paltry sum of 110 billion Naira
which is less than 1% of the entire budget for the country.
It is sad that a country whose third arm of government is being
treated like an ordinary government parastatal is expecting the
kind of development attained by countries that make their judiciary
part of the government. Judicial funding must not be at the mercy
of some potentates whose early morning grunts decide the government
policy for the day.”
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria insisted that the funding of the
Judiciary is meager and cannot account for a reasonable salary for
judges to encourage them to avoid corruption.
“The current parlous state of events which has been worsened by
the covid-19 pandemic has revealed the weakness in the system
beyond the comprehension of the sanest. How on earth does a system
laying claim to civilization and respect for the judiciary expect a
whole justice system of a country as populous as ours to be funded
with such an alms-size amount? The amount above can hardly account
for reasonable salaries for judicial officers expected to shun
corruption.
In addition to this is the need to provide the necessary
infrastructure to cater for the emergency needs of the judicial
sector that has found itself prostrate in the current crisis.”
He urged well-meaning Nigerians to resist the reduction of the
platry sum allocated to the Judiciary being insufficient to bring
any development in the sector.
“It is certain that where Nigeria intends to meet its judicial
needs to be able to dispense justice to all in order to guarantee
economic development, the total allocation meant for the entire
sector in the current budget can never be sufficient. We implore
all stakeholders to wake up and the government should do the
needful.
The infrastructure needed to make the judiciary perform its
functions adequately digitally by remote hearing and filing cannot
be treated half-heartedly and expect a magical turn-around in the
system. The government must make the necessary investment in its
justice system in order to ensure economic progress that we really
need at this moment in our history.
All well meaning Nigerians must rise up to insist that no kobo
must be reduced again from the original paltry allocation of 110b.
The proposed reduction again of 11b must be resisted otherwise such
is a further invitation to anarchy in the country.”