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The Courts are shut due to the strike by JUSUN, who are agitating for the implementation of financial autonomy for the Judiciary.
“And to attain true separation of powers, the other arms of government; judiciary and legislature must be weaned from the breast of the executive, that is, become independent in all wise, particularly financially.
“This is the only way public perception can become re-engineered towards trust for the judiciary and the legislature. “
Section 81 (1) and 123 of the 1999 Constitution as Amended, guarantees financial autonomy to the judiciary. “Meanwhile, following the refusal of government to implement this autonomy, JUSUN and Dr
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Disturbed by the growing insecurity pervading the country, the founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) Aare Afe Babalola, has called for an urgent summit to be attended by all leaders and stakeholders where issues relating to the peace and stability of the country would be extensively discussed.
Babalola who feared that the country is drifting towards anarchy with recent events as regards insecurity, said the summit which will be tagged, ‘Summit of Hope’ would afford leaders across divides to discuss and take drastic measures to prevent the country from sliding into another civil war.
Views: Visits 17 Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN The Ado-Ekiti branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) insists that the 36 state governors must respect the provisions of the 1999 Constitution on the contending issue of full autonomy for the Judiciary. The legal body regretted that the closure of courts across the country had not only debased the country’s democracy, but adversely affected the fortunes of the legal practitioners, urging the governors to swiftly accede to the request of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) to resolve the conundrum. The NBA also urged the Federal Government to convene a roundtable discussion, where all stakeholders could meet, ruminate and proffer solutions to the senseless killings and kidnappings of innocent Nigerians.
The closure of courts across the country is a humiliation of the country’s democracy, the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has said.
At a press conference on the 10th Annual Law Week in honour of Afe Babalola (SAN), the body urged governors to meet the demands of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN).
The NBA also urged the federal government to convene a meeting on insecurity.
According to Adeyemi Adewumi, the branch Chairman, to attain a true separation of power, the judiciary and legislature must be independent of the executive.
The chairman said Section 81 (1) and 123 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, guarantees financial autonomy to the judiciary.
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