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Two-time election tribunal judges barred from re-appointment
Judges who have twice served on various election petition tribunals in the country will not be re-appointed for the same assignment in 2019, The PUNCH has learnt.
This is part of the judiciary new 29-point reform policy driven by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen.
The policy said to have been ratified by both the National Judicial Council and the National Judicial Institutes, both of which are chaired by the CJN, stated that the current practice whereby some judges were repeatedly appointed on the recommendations of Chief Judges, had been ditched.
Apart from the CJN, other critical stakeholders in the judiciary, such as the Attorney-General of the Federation, the President of the Court of Appeal, the Chief Judges of the Federal High Court, the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, among others, are on the NJI board of governors.
The PUNCH, May 9, 2018
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