Chief Babalola spoke during the 10th Aare Afe Babalola Annual Public Lecture, organised by the Ado Ekiti branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
Daily Trust could not establish whether the announcement for the “summit of hope” by Babalola was just a coincidence or has something to do with the alarm raised by the presidency.
Babalola, however, explained that the intervention was to stop the country from drifting into imminent anarchy or resorting to another civil war.
He also donated the 700-Seater ABUAD Hall and the Five-Star ABUAD Inn to be used for the summit.
He said restructuring and forming a new constitution were key to turning things around for the better, if Nigerians so desired.
The 21st Century Lawyer: Integrating Business Skills with Legal Knowledge”, said: “
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
Afe Babalola donates N50m to fund emergency national conference
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By Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ado-Ekiti
Aare Afe Babalola, legal luminary and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, (ABUAD), on Tuesday, announced a donation of N50m to a self-sponsored National Conference, christened “Summit of Hope”
According to him, this becomes necessary “in order to find urgent ways out of the current crisis facing the country”.
The proposed conference which is scheduled to hold at his University in Ado Ekiti, anytime soon, was an initiative aimed at halting the country’s drift into imminent anarchy or resorting 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.
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