{"id":88253,"date":"2021-11-08T18:15:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T17:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=88253"},"modified":"2021-11-08T18:16:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T17:16:53","slug":"nigerias-judiciary-suffering-inadequate-funding-malami-tells-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/nigerias-judiciary-suffering-inadequate-funding-malami-tells-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s judiciary suffering inadequate funding \u2013 Malami tells Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1715879362185892303\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Attorney-General and Justice Minister, Abubakar Malami, says Nigeria\u2019s judiciary \u201cis bedevilled by funding inadequacies\u201d.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The AGF made the complaint on Monday when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, at the 2022 budget defence.He was accompanied by acting Solicitor General and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Mohammed Etsu, and Director Public Prosecution, M. B. Abubakar.<\/p>\n<p>Malami listed the prime drivers of maturing democracies like Nigeria as Rule of Law, Due Process of the Law, Human Rights, International Obligations and Allied Matters.<\/p>\n<p>The AGF said evidence reveals that the Administration of Justice which guarantees sustainable peace, equity and fair play is undeniably capital intensive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the circumstance, we need to reconceptualise the existing funding pattern of the Justice sector. Practically all the Parastatals under the purview of the Federal Ministry of Justice are in dire need of funding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThis is as dangerous as it is disturbing because funding gaps in the face of competing challenges could endanger effective administration of Justice, and cause unwarranted travesty of Justice.\u201dMalami reminded the National Assembly that the Justice sector is not primarily a revenue-generating sub-sector because constitutional obligations revolve around social services geared towards a peaceful and prosperous Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a subsector, our revenue derives essentially from our constitutional activities and returns such as Value Added Tax, Withholding Tax, Stamp Duties, Returns on DTA, Certified True Copies, earnings from the use of government halls, Tenders Fees, earnings from sales of government unserviceable vehicles, sales of law books and journals and rent of government properties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Malami disclosed his ministry\u2019s efforts to get some cost of collection from recovered funds to finance our recovery operations.<\/p>\n<p>He said there are large sums of illicit money stashed abroad, assuring that the AGF\u2019s office, EFCC and ICPC are working to recover.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Malami confirmed the ministry handles public prosecution and civil litigation for the federation and sometimes outsources such services particularly, as it relates to being prosecuted internally where state counsels have legal limitations to court appearances.\u201cWe all know that legal services (especially litigations) are not cheap. Furthermore, the Justice Sector reforms we are currently undertaking are costly to execute. We, therefore, need your kind support with adequate funding to successfully prosecute them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo prevent reoccurrence of a case similar to P&amp;ID, Council directed HAGF to present a memo for the establishment of a Federal Taskforce to review and validate contracts, judgments and arbitral awards and implement the Federal Verification System to prevent abuses similar to the P&amp;ID case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCouncil directed the Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to incorporate the funding requirements of a Federal Contracts Administration System (FCAS) in Nigeria in the Federal Ministry of Justice\u2019s 2022 Budget proposal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cAs 2022 beckons, I am looking forward to a more refreshing feeling of a common bond between the Justice sub-sector and all the Distinguish Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for a seamless administration of Justice in Nigeria\u201d, Malami added.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney-General and Justice Minister, Abubakar Malami, says Nigeria\u2019s judiciary \u201cis bedevilled by funding inadequacies\u201d. 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