Career progression in one’s chosen profession is an entirely natural and legitimate aspiration.
Whether overtly or opaquely expressed, it is entirely reasonable for able and willing judicial officers to aspire to becoming Justices of the Supreme Court and of course... Whether overtly or opaquely expressed, it is entirely reasonable for able and willing judicial officers to aspire to becoming Justices of the Supreme Court and of course,the topmost role of the senior judiciary, the position of Chief Justice of Nigeria, or correspondingly similar positions in other jurisdictions.
Over the years, Justices of the Supreme Court have typically been appointed from the Court of Appeal, which in the hierarchical appellate order, lies just beneath the Supreme Court ,without, in recent decades, appointees emanating from academia and private legal practice. Second, the emerging trends in the development and sharper articulation of international jurisprudential best practice is being collaboratively framed by senior judicial officers in the superior courts and, importantly, appointees from academia and private legal practice in countries with a common law patrimony like Canada, United Kingdom and the United States.
Surely, this conundrum demands attention and innovative judicial policy reform. What then are these? For a start, no aspect of the administration of justice is, nor should be, static. As society evolves so should the administration of justice in all its interdependent facets. However, according to the Director-General Nigeria’s Legal Aid Council, Aliyu Abubakar, out of 70,000 prison inmates in the country, 66,000 are awaiting trial owing largely to crippling capacity constraints!
This does precious little to advance epic aspirations pertaining to the effective and efficient administration of justice in the country; but perversely, invokes the spectre of upending the important overarching objectives of ACJA 2015 and the Preamble to the 1999 Constitution which seeks to promote good government and the welfare of all persons, the principles of Freedom, Equality and Justice.
In short, new models are pivotal in the quest for sharper, more efficient and effective administration of justice in Nigeria and innovative approaches justify a re-examination of the mechanisms for appointments to the Supreme Court bench. Telecommunications firm, Airtel Africa emerged as a major winner at the inaugural edition of the ICAN-NGX Awards, carting away the most outstanding in financial reporting and the overall gold across all categories, amidst other nominations.
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