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Independence of Judiciary Non-negotiable, Say Senate, NBA


By Deji Elumoye, Onyebuchi Ezigbo and Alex Enumah in Abuja
The battle for financial freedom for state judiciaries and legislatures entered a fresh phase yesterday with the Senate and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), saying the independence of the judiciary is not negotiable.
Perhaps taking a queue from the stance of these bodies, state governors barked down yesterday accepting to implement the financial autonomy granted their judicial and legislative arms by the 1999 Constitution as altered in May.
Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, told journalists yesterday at the State House, Abuja, after a meeting with the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, that he and his colleagues were in principle not opposed to financial autonomy for both the judiciaries and legislatures in the 36 states of the federation. ....

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