FCTA Supports Establishment Of Garki Division Of FCT High Court

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has promised
to support the establishment of the Garki Division of the FCT High
Court as part of efforts to expand court infrastructure and improve
access to justice.

The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, made this known
when the Chief Judge of the FCT, Hon. Justice Salisu Garba paid a
courtesy visit to the FCTA.

According to a statement by Mr. Anthony Ogunleye, the Chief
Press Secretary to the FCT minister, Bello congratulated Garba on
his appointment and swearing-in as the Chief Judge of the FCT,
adding that his appointment came at a time when the FCT needed
people of the calibre of the new Chief Judge.

“Justice Garba had made the FCT the centre point of his career
for so many years and very few within the system possessed as much
expertise and institutional memory as he does.

“The FCT is a creation of law in all its ramifications and that
is why for us that are saddled with the responsibility of running
this territory, we are very conscious, very appreciative and also
very concerned with matters of law and order,” the minister was
quoted in the statement.

Bello also urged the judiciary to support the FCTA in fulfilling
her mandate of administering the capital city.

The minister also congratulated the Chief Judge on the elevation
of six justices from the FCT High Court to the Court of Appeal and
said it was a thing of pride to the FCT.

Speaking earlier, Justice Garba said the FCT minister has
provided exemplary leadership in an exceptionally difficult time,
which he said was an eloquent statement of the minister’s
commitment to the FCT Judiciary and the rule of law.

“As an arm of government, ours is a tradition, which expresses
itself in the conviction that a country’s strength lies in the
success of its judiciary.

“This reinforced the FCT High Court’s positive image in the
country as one of the courts with the modern system of justice that
is fair and impartial, regardless of gender, religion or colour,”
Garba said.

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has promised
to support the establishment of the Garki Division of the FCT High
Court as part of efforts to expand court infrastructure and improve
access to justice.

The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, made this known
when the Chief Judge of the FCT, Hon. Justice Salisu Garba paid a
courtesy visit to the FCTA.

According to a statement by Mr. Anthony Ogunleye, the Chief
Press Secretary to the FCT minister, Bello congratulated Garba on
his appointment and swearing-in as the Chief Judge of the FCT,
adding that his appointment came at a time when the FCT needed
people of the calibre of the new Chief Judge.

“Justice Garba had made the FCT the centre point of his career
for so many years and very few within the system possessed as much
expertise and institutional memory as he does.

“The FCT is a creation of law in all its ramifications and that
is why for us that are saddled with the responsibility of running
this territory, we are very conscious, very appreciative and also
very concerned with matters of law and order,” the minister was
quoted in the statement.

Bello also urged the judiciary to support the FCTA in fulfilling
her mandate of administering the capital city.

The minister also congratulated the Chief Judge on the elevation
of six justices from the FCT High Court to the Court of Appeal and
said it was a thing of pride to the FCT.

Speaking earlier, Justice Garba said the FCT minister has
provided exemplary leadership in an exceptionally difficult time,
which he said was an eloquent statement of the minister’s
commitment to the FCT Judiciary and the rule of law.

“As an arm of government, ours is a tradition, which expresses
itself in the conviction that a country’s strength lies in the
success of its judiciary.

“This reinforced the FCT High Court’s positive image in the
country as one of the courts with the modern system of justice that
is fair and impartial, regardless of gender, religion or colour,”
Garba said.