THE IMMEDIATE PAST CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA (CJN), JUSTICE WALTER ONNOGHEN HAS WARNED THAT UNLESS ADEQUATELY FUNDED, THE SUPREME COURT MAY SOON AT BEST BE A GLORIFIED HIGH COURT.
THE FORMER CJN, WHO GAVE THE WARNING LAMENTED THAT JUSTICES OF THE APEX COURT HAD BEEN SUFFERING IN SILENCE SINCE 2008 WHEN THEIR SALARIES AND EMOLUMENTS WERE LAST REVIEWED.
ONNOGHEN, WHO SPOKE YESTERDAY, IN ABUJA, AT THE PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF NIGERIA’S FIRST LAW BOOK ON CONSTRUCTION LAW, REVEALED THAT SOME JUSTICES OF THE APEX COURT STILL LIVE IN RENTED ACCOMMODATIONS IN UNSUITABLE AREAS IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY.
BESIDES ACCOMMODATION ISSUE, THE FORMER CJN EXPLAINED THAT CHAMBERS OF THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WERE UNBEFITTING OF THEIR STATUS AND CALLED FOR THEIR PROPER FUNDING TO ENABLE THEM PERFORM OPTIMALLY.
