Adedayo Akinwale ín Abuja
House of Representatives has expressed concern over the slow pace of justice delivery and backlog of legal matters in the various court of law in the country.
Against this background, the green chamber has promised to work with relevant bodies and stakeholders to carry out a lot of reforms in the judiciary.
The Chairman House Committee on Judiciary, Onofiok Luke, disclosed this yesterday at the inaugural meeting of the committee, where he revealed the desire of the committee to repositioning the judiciary and addressing the challenges confronting it.
He said over-sighting the judiciary entrusted to the committee an enormous task, adding that the enormity of the task was more demanding and pronounced in a developing democracy like Nigeria, where the independence and operations of the judiciary has constantly been under threat.
The chairman noted that by the Standing Order of the House, the committee has the…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
