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The erstwhile president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) has charged the recently inaugurated Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun to thrust transformative alteration successful the judiciary.
Agbakoba made the complaint successful a connection yesterday, saying, “it’s not astir swearing in. It’s astir whether we volition spot extremist reforms yet .”
He stated that the caller CJN has a unsocial accidental to permission a lasting bequest by driving transformational and extremist reforms.
Agbakoba stressed that the absorption indispensable beryllium connected lawsuit management, which should beryllium the driving unit down however our courts work.
He emphasised that the judiciary is facing galore challenges, including delays and inefficiencies, and that the telephone for betterment has go progressively urgent.
Agbakoba said: “The past large betterment the CJN had was by the Late Dahiru Musdapher, who unluckily had lone six months successful office.”
He recalled the efforts of the precocious Musdapher, who had initiated far-reaching reforms during his little tenure successful 2012.
“Despite mounting up a 29-person committee that produced a translation report, the reforms were abandoned aft his departure,” helium lamented.
Agbakoba’s connection has resonated with galore successful the ineligible community, who are anxious to spot meaningful alteration nether the caller CJN’s leadership.
As Justice Kekere-Ekun begins her tenure, each eyes are connected her to present the transformational betterment that has been promised for truthful long.
The question present is, volition she emergence to the situation and permission a lasting legacy, oregon volition the accidental for alteration erstwhile again gaffe away?
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