Its chairman, Mr Mudi Dikko, made the call on Monday in Lafia, during the 2017 Appeal/Call over Session to review cases already decided by the lower courts. “High Court 1, Keffi, High Court 5, Lafia, and the entire High Court in Nasarawa have no judges; they have been lying fallow. This has affected the judiciary and we cannot continue this way,” he said. He said that the dearth of high court judges was hampering the delivery of justice, and advised government to act “immediately”. “Recommendations for the appointment of more judges was made more than one year ago. We keep wondering what is happening,” he said. Dikko also urged the government to establish more high courts to give litigants more opportunities for speedy justice. The NBA also cautioned against the constant transfer of judges, pointing out that such movement was detrimental to the cause of justice. In his response, Justice Suleiman Dikko, Nasarawa State Chief Judge, attributed the delay in the appointment of judges to an order from the National Judicial Council (NJC). “The NJC has directed that no new high court judge should be appointed until the state government provides befitting accommodation, court rooms and vehicles to those to be appointed,” he said. He, however, said that he had directed the Chief Registrar to commence the process of establishing another upper area court in Nassarawa-Eggon, due to the high number of cases there.]]>

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