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Since the strike which started on April 6, activities of the court have been crippled with litigants bearing the brunt of the action.
But why is financial autonomy important for the judiciary?
The judiciary is the third arm of government in Nigeria which is responsible for the interpretation of laws. The other two are the executive and the legislature.
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The judiciary is the guardian and protector of fundamental human rights as well as the arbiter of disputes among all levels of government. This is why the judiciary ought to independent so as to be free to perform its functions without fear or favour. This is the primary goal of separation of powers to enable the three arms of government to be functionally independent of each other.
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Judiciary, Legislative autonomy critical to Nigeria’s democratic process Tambuwal
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By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti
As against the belief in some quarters that Nigeria’s governors where the one stalling the autonomy of judiciary and legislative arm of government, Governor of Sokoto state, Rt. Hon Aminu Tambuwal, on Thursday declared that the autonomy of the two arms are critical to the sustenance of the country’s democratic process.
Tambuwal added that some of the conflicting areas of the Executive Order 10 which mandated the implementation of judiciary and legislative autonomy across states of the Federation, were being addressed.
Hon Tambuwal, who stated this in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday, disclosed that Nigerian Governors have reached a consensus to set up an implementation structure to grant the judiciary power to manage its capital and recurrent expenditure in line with constitutional provisions.